Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun worldly_concern

1 sense of worldly concern

Sense 1
worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earth -- (the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world")
       => concern -- (something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern")