worldliness n 1: the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment [syn: {sophistication}, {worldliness}, {mundaneness}, {mundanity}] [ant: {naiveness}, {naivete}, {naivety}] 2: concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs; "he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him" [ant: {otherworldliness}, {spiritism}, {spiritualism}, {spirituality}]
Worldliness \World"li*ness\, n. The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness. [1913 Webster]