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单词 worldliness
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worldlinessn.

Brit. /ˈwəːldlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwər(ə)ldlinᵻs/
Forms: late Middle English werdlynesse, late Middle English wordlynes, late Middle English wordlynesse, late Middle English 1600s wordlines, late Middle English–1500s worldlynes, late Middle English–1600s worldlynesse, 1500s–1600s worldlines, 1500s–1600s worldlinesse, 1600s wordliness, 1600s wordlinesse, 1600s wordlyness, 1600s worldlyness, 1600s– worldliness; also Scottish pre-1700 wardlines, pre-1700 wardlynes, pre-1700 warldlines, pre-1700 warldlynes, pre-1700 waurldlines.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: worldly adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < worldly adj. + -ness suffix. Compare worldliship n. at worldly adj. Derivatives and slightly later worldlihood n. at worldly adj. Derivatives.
1. The condition of being worldly; devotion to worldly affairs to the neglect of religious duties or spiritual needs; love of the world and its pleasures (typically regarded as a fault or a sin).
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun]
secularity1395
sieclec1400
worldlishipa1425
worldliness?c1430
worldlihoodc1443
mundanity1506
secularness?1529
carnality1548
carnalness1549
earthliness1549
rudiments of the world1557
Sadduceeism1577
Sadducism1581
earthly-mindedness1603
temporalness1611
worldly-mindedness1621
corporality1628
unspiritualness1642
civility1644
corporeity1653
materialism1822
unspirituality1843
secularism1851
terrestrialism1856
temporalism1872
this-worldliness1872
despiritualization1874
this-worldism1883
this-worldness1930
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worldliness
worldlishipa1425
worldliness?c1430
worldlihoodc1443
propriety?1504
earthiness1597
worldly-mindedness1621
mundanity1647
terrenity1649
mundaneness1727
materialism1771
?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 121 (MED) Þes proude possessioners lien on seyntis & sclaundren hem wiþ worldly lif..And þei bryngen forþ poyntis of here worldlynesse whanne þei diden aȝenst holy lif & techynge.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 831 in Poems (1981) 35 O fulische man! Plungit in wardlynes To conqueis wrangwis guidis.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. v. f. xlii In case thaffeccion towarde thy parent or wife or children..plucketh thee to worldlines, cut of that noysome natural affeccion.
c1592 Faire Em sig. A3v Yet may our myndes as highly scorne to stoope To base desires of vulgars worldlynes.
1611 R. Bolton Disc. State True Happinesse 21 He cannot digest such a strict and seuere course; he will not abandon his pleasures of worldlinesse, his palaces, his possessions.
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Mark xii. 37 Hypocrites..who by their long Liturgies, and Ceremonies,..do but cloak their Worldliness, Pride and Oppression.
1707 J. Lacy Warnings Eternal Spirit: 2nd Pt. iii. 18 Correct thy People's Wandrings, Subdue their Pride, Hypocrisy and Worldliness.
a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) VII. 12 But, supposing we are clear both of Worldliness and Vanity, still what can we answer with respect to Pleasure?
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 163 The Latin church stood in need of reform. Its thorough worldliness..rendered this necessary in a religious view.
1884 A. R. Pennington Wiclif viii. 266 The sight of the vice and worldliness of many of the bishops around him.
1905 A. R. Whitham Watchers by Cross ii. 15 Tradition..tells us that she was wealthy, influential and beautiful, and yet before her conversion living a life of worldliness,—more, a life of deadly sin.
a1945 E. Pyle in Ernie's Amer. (1990) 134 You come up out of summer heat and green vegetation and worldliness, and suddenly you're driving along in another world.
1973 I. Murdoch Black Prince i. 56 He avoided crossing my mother, but he patently disapproved of her ‘worldliness’.
2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Oct. ii. 24/2 For years, the company had been insisting on the worldliness of the brand, making much of its ambassadorial presence in cities from Cairo to Venice.
2. Worldly affairs. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair > affairs > worldly or secular
worldshipeOE
worldOE
worldlinessa1513
inferior1589
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxiii. f. xxxii The Saxons..couenaunted wt the Brytons, yt the Brytons shuld entende theyr worldlynes and other necessaries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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