earthliness

Definitions

The quality or state of being worldly, material, or concerned with physical existence rather than spiritual matters.

The characteristic of being terrestrial or belonging to the planet Earth.

Examples

The monk sought to detach himself from the earthliness of his surroundings and focus entirely on spiritual contemplation.

Her poetry often contrasts the ethereal beauty of the heavens with the gritty earthliness of human existence.

Synonyms

worldliness materiality secularity temporality carnality fleshiness mundanity

Antonyms

spirituality otherworldliness divinity holiness transcendence immateriality celestiality