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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

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