单词 | otherworldism |
释义 | otherworldismn. Concentration upon or devotion to spiritual matters or life; otherworldiness, spiritualism; asceticism; (more generally) concern with or interest in the supernatural. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] ghostlinesslOE spiritala1393 spiritualtya1398 spiritualtyc1400 spiritualityc1485 inhabitation1615 spiritual-mindedness1647 spiritual1649 sprituality1694 spiritualism1744 otherworldliness1817 disattachment1846 supersensualism1847 otherworldism1872 other-worldness1872 upliftedness1893 1872 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 1 354 The observer who studies them in connexion with their environment will disregard other-worldism in explaining them. 1894 Constance Naden's Poet. Wks. Introd. 14 Religious exercises of Prayer, Praise, and Spiritualism (other-worldism) generally. 1932 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 3 476/2 The necessity of harmonizing it with the spirit of otherworldism embodied in the medieval conception of saintliness. 1997 Fortean Times Jan. 45 (caption) Otherworldism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1872 |
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