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Meaning of "unworldliness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF UNWORLDLINESS

ʌnˈwɜːldlɪnəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNWORLDLINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unworldliness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNWORLDLINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unworldliness in the English dictionary

The first definition of unworldliness in the dictionary is the condition of lacking sophistication; naivety. Other definition of unworldliness is the condition of not being concerned with material values or pursuits. Unworldliness is also the condition of not being of this earth or world.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNWORLDLINESS

beggarliness · brotherliness · cleanliness · comradeliness · courtliness · cowardliness · earliness · earthliness · goodliness · knightliness · likeliness · loathliness · loneliness · neighborliness · porcelainous · towardliness · uncleanliness · unkindliness · unloveliness · unmanliness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNWORLDLINESS

unwontedly · unwontedness · unwooded · unwooed · unworded · unwork · unworkability · unworkable · unworked · unworkmanlike · unworldly · unwormed · unworn · unworried · unworshipful · unworshipped · unworth · unworthily · unworthiness · unworthy

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNWORLDLINESS

agribusiness · big business · bulkiness · business · cleanliness is next to godliness · comeliness · dizziness · do the business · e-business · emptiness · family business · fitness · friendliness · happiness · holiness · laziness · loveliness · readiness · show business · timeliness · trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of unworldliness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unworldliness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNWORLDLINESS

Find out the translation of unworldliness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of unworldliness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unworldliness» in English.
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超脱
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unworldliness
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unworldliness
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unworldliness
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السذاجة
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unworldliness
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unworldliness
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unworldliness
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unworldliness
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Tanpa kebiasaan
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Weltfremdheit
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浮世離れ
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unworldliness
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Angen-angen
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unworldliness
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unworldliness
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अनोळखीपणा
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dünyasızlığı
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unworldliness
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unworldliness
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unworldliness
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unworldliness
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unworldliness
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unworldliness
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Trends of use of unworldliness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNWORLDLINESS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unworldliness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNWORLDLINESS»

Discover the use of unworldliness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unworldliness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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In Defense of the Accidental: Philosophical Studies
The Obsolescence of Experience The first characteristic feature of tachogenic unworldliness is the accelerated obsolescence of experience.4 For barely a quarter of a millennium we have lived in a world, the modern world, in which more and ...
Odo Marquand, 1991
2
Things Rarely Met With: Patience, Unworldliness [andC. ].
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
James Erasmus Philipps, 2010
3
The Legitimacy of the Modern Age
Parti superimposed on genuine unworldliness the spacial schematism of an extraworldliness. We are bound by this superimposed schematism even in our understanding of the concept of secularization: What can be secularized (made ...
Hans Blumenberg, 1985
4
Animal Philosophy
They have been kept out of the world in the name of their unworldliness, women, birds, and writing. HC imagines that a certain kind of writing, from its unworldliness, might redeem the unworldliness of women and of animals: abominable, ...
Matthew Calarco, Peter Atterton, 2004
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Wittgenstein’s Enduring Arguments
The second theme of relevance to Wittgenstein's view of ethics concerns what I term the unworldliness of the self. The theme expresses Wittgenstein's view that the subjectwhothinksand wills is, in some sense, not in the world. Indeed, as ...
Edoardo Zamuner, D. K. Levy, 2008
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The Guru in South Asia: New Interdisciplinary Perspectives
5. The. gay. guru. Fallibility,. unworldliness,. and. the. scene. of. instruction. Lawrence. Cohen. Into the woods G. says: 'You know, Guruji is also in this line. . . .' This essay begins in a long-ago moment of conversation that demands some ...
Jacob Copeman, Aya Ikegame, 2012
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John Henry Newman: Spiritual Director 1845-1890
Closely connected with newman's sense of the unseen world and surrender to God was his spirit of detachment and unworldliness. The great and obvious characteristic of a Bible Christian, for newman, was to be without worldly ties or objects, ...
Peter C. Wilcox, 2013
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The Shame of Reason in Organizational Change: A Levinassian ...
When, thereupon, those are considered to represent the real world, unworldliness enters the scene. Referring to the classic book by Mintzberg The Nature of Managerial Work (1973) Winograd and Flores formulate this objection as follows: ...
Naud van der Ven, 2011
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Weber and the Persistence of Religion: Social Theory, ...
and not in the external historical and political situation of different denominations'. 10 This may have suggested that Weber bought into the belief, widely entertained by German Protestants, that 'the greater “unworldliness” of Catholicism'11 ...
Joseph W. H. Lough, 2007
10
Newman: His Life and Spirituality
attracted him in Scott and in his account of his eventual acceptance of a progressively integrating Christianity was what he calls his “bold unworldliness, and vigorous independence of mind”. It is curious to note how the dearest aspirations of ...
Louis Bouyer, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNWORLDLINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unworldliness is used in the context of the following news items.
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The BBC needs to become a reality show
This is the new world to which the broadcasting monolith must adapt; and yet a commercial unworldliness still permeates the corporation. Despite having so ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Fighting Siblings
Most of their unhappiness is as common as their subjects, but the best of it has the resonance and unworldliness of a fairy tale. Royalty, as the proverb says of ... «The Weekly Standard, Jun 15»
3
Feeling the sonic rush at the Ojai Music Festival
A score of repetitive, ethereal unworldliness, it lasted 4 hours and 38 minutes. Some listeners brought sleeping bags to the arts center and were strewn on the ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
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Monday's best TV
Experts including Juliet Gardiner and Max Hastings assess the man's unworldliness (he'd never been on a bus), his lack of empathy with working people, and ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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Hannah Arendt: thinking versus evil
In defending Heidegger, she was forced to highlight what for her was a serious deficiency in his thinking: its self-absorbed unworldliness from which – like the ... «Times Higher Education, Feb 15»
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Lies, First Person by Gail Hareven review – among the downstairs …
She strives for naivety, for a kind of unworldliness and unawareness of the world's darkness, but she struggles to maintain this position and finds herself ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Damon Albarn writes new Wonder.land musical
Albarn said: “I'm fascinated by the idea of going down a rabbit hole, the unworldliness and what that might mean. Alice aside, the Queen of Hearts, the Dutchess, ... «EastLondonLines, Jan 15»
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Intruders, BBC Two
His wife Amy, a corporate lawyer, is played with an aura of glazed unworldliness by Mira Sorvino, but this is appropriate since it appears that Amy may be a ... «The Arts Desk, Oct 14»
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Cannes 2014: 'Mr. Turner' review
Turner is also a remarkably canny character who - despite his unworldliness in certain matters - has a knack of protecting his self-interests. He has a "Hail fellow ... «CineVue, May 14»
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Thus Spake Obama
That contribution to the annals of monarchical unworldliness had to await the reign of Queen Barry Antoinette, whose powdered wig seems to have slipped over ... «National Review Online, Nov 13»
REFERENCE
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