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OTHERWORLDLINESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Concern with things of the spirit

Synonyms:

otherworldliness; spiritism; spiritualism; spirituality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("otherworldliness" is a kind of...):

internality; inwardness (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values))

Antonym:

worldliness (concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs)

Derivation:

otherworldly (existing outside of or not in accordance with nature)

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