earthliness

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

burgher animalism mechanism citizen secular realism worldly materialism naturalism positivism profane secularism pragmatism coarseness empiricism

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Anagrams

heartliness

Examples

Tell me why the caged bird nutters against its prison bars, and I will tell you why the soul sickens of earthliness. The bird has wings, and wings were made to cleave the air, and soar in freedom in the sun. The soul is immortal - it cannot feed upon husks. Randolph Sinks Foster

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness. Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Close letter words and terms

earthliest earthlight earthlike earthling earthlit earthlore