this-worldly

English

Etymology

From this world + -ly; analogous to other-worldly.

Adjective

this-worldly (comparative more this-worldly, superlative most this-worldly)

  1. 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, published 2010, page 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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