worldling
Lover of earthly
A worldling is a person devoted to worldly pleasures and material pursuits rather than spiritual concerns.
The term carries mild disapproval, suggesting someone too attached to earthly things: The monk saw the wealthy merchants as worldlings, blind to higher truths.
The word is literary and old-fashioned.
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- possessionsThings one owns
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
affluence · opulence · greed · covetousness · status-seeking · ostentatious · extravagance · materialist
Not devout or pious
- unspiritualWithout transcendent concern
- temporalRelating to chronology
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- laicNot of priesthood
nonreligious · carnal · earthbound · fleshly · ungodly · unsanctified · sophisticated · cynical
Innocently unsuspecting
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
- benightedMorally or intellectually dark
- unawakenedNot yet stirred
unregenerate · fallen · sinful · lost · wayward · straying · erring · misguided
consumerism
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- possessionsThings one owns
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
luxury · affluence · opulence · greed · covetousness · status-seeking · ostentatious · extravagance · materialist · commercialism
irreligious
Not devout or pious
- unspiritualWithout transcendent concern
- temporalRelating to chronology
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
laic · nonreligious · carnal · earthbound · fleshly · ungodly · unsanctified · sophisticated · cynical · pragmatic
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
- benightedMorally or intellectually dark
unawakened · unregenerate · fallen · sinful · lost · wayward · straying · erring · misguided