worldly-minded

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world·ly-mind·ed (wûrld

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adj.

Absorbed in the affairs of this world.

worldly-minded·ness n.

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Adj.

worldly-minded - marked by materialism

materialistic, mercenary

worldly, secular, temporal - characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"

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