Timeline for What is a negative way to describe a person who is overindulged with Earthly life?
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| Apr 3, 2020 at 2:01 | comment | added | Jetpack | "Worldly" used to be my go-to word for this, but I've learned that other people use it as a compliment. It's not unambiguous. I don't know which is more common among all speakers. | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 9:21 | comment | added | hossein | Yes, my question happens to be related to spirituality, but the audience is the general people, who might not be reading the text with spirituality in mind. | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 5:19 | comment | added | Rayan Khan | OP's question is closely related to religious concepts (spirituality) and so is worldly. | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 3:42 | comment | added | Ponder Stibbons | I guessed that, but it feels like a minority usage - just saying. I mean other than in a spiritual context, where I would consider it to be Jargon, it is typically intended in a positive manner. And so, would not satisfy the OPs requirements. | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 1:32 | comment | added | nick012000 | @PonderStibbons It's a negative in this context. I've definitely heard it being used this way in Christian circles, and everybody understood that it wasn't a good thing. | |
| Apr 1, 2020 at 23:15 | comment | added | Ponder Stibbons | Worldly is usually not a negative but a positive. Meaning experienced, or sophisticated. | |
| Apr 1, 2020 at 14:14 | history | answered | Rayan Khan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |