this-worldly
English
Etymology
From this world + -ly; analogous to other-worldly.
Adjective
this-worldly (comparative more this-worldly, superlative most this-worldly)
- Pertaining to or concerned with material human existence, as opposed to spiritual or religious matters.
- 1883, Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi:
- The guests were always this-worldly, and often profane.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 1014:
- Changing attitudes to death and Hell mark a growth of this-worldly concerns in a large part of contemporary Christianity.
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Antonyms
- other-worldly
Derived terms
- this-worldliness