Otherworldliness

Quick meaning: Otherworldliness is a noun meaning The quality of being otherworldly.

Meaning

The quality of being otherworldly.

Example Sentences

Nora kept her letter secret from all except Jessie. She did not even tell Mrs. Hurley, though she had taken a fancy for spending a great part of her days with Jim's mother. Mrs. Hurley turned warmly to the girl's new affection for her. Her own daughters, in their otherworldliness, seemed at times too remote from her.

It will lapse in short, into the theory- of illusion, into a thorough-going 'metaphysical otherworldliness,' in which the things that are held to be truly real and of genuine worth are, not the fulfilment, nor yet the explanation, of the things of our common temporal experience, but only the blank negation of them all.

Word Forms

• other-worldliness

Synonyms for otherworldliness

Depending on context, synonyms include other-worldness, spirituality.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spirituality, other-worldliness, otherworldness, unearthliness, otherliness, unworldliness.

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