This-worldliness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Concern with the things of this world; specifically, devotion to worldly things, as opposed to spiritual pursuits. uncountable

    "While dealing with this world, one must cultivate a penetrating, clear and unsullied this-worldliness."

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"While dealing with this world, one must cultivate a penetrating, clear and unsullied this-worldliness."

Etymology

From this-worldly + -ness.

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