WORLDLINESS

worldliness

(noun) concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs; “he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him”

sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity

(noun) the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

worldliness (countable and uncountable, plural worldlinesses)

The quality of being worldly; familiarity with the ways of the world.

Source: Wiktionary

World"li*ness, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition