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Recent Examples of worldliness
At just 10 years old, London Woodard radiated a gentle worldliness his family believed exceeded that of any other kid.
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Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Played by Matarazzo, whose curly hair and relative worldliness help to cement the Jonah Hill of it all, Jack is struggling to enjoy what are supposed to be the best years of his life.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
For the designer, worldliness and intellectualism go hand in hand.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
The Academy’s recent efforts to diversify by inviting more international members into the fold have also unmistakably boosted the worldliness of the tastes on display at the Oscars ceremony.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Mar. 2026
Instead, starting at age 11, Connor was chaperoned by coach and mechanic Gary Willis and developed a unique sense of independence and worldliness as a result of his travels.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The contact with and dependence on such support arguably also bolstered art’s worldliness and acted as an antidote to the petit bourgeois affinity for idealist mystification.
—Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Venice, which begins at the tail end of August, is all glitz and a gloss of European worldliness, perfect for photo ops of big stars in boats along canals and for the canceled to test the waters to see how temperate the reception for their return might be.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Played by Matarazzo, whose curly hair and relative worldliness help to cement the Jonah Hill of it all, Jack is struggling to enjoy what are supposed to be the best years of his life.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
For the designer, worldliness and intellectualism go hand in hand.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
The Academy’s recent efforts to diversify by inviting more international members into the fold have also unmistakably boosted the worldliness of the tastes on display at the Oscars ceremony.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Mar. 2026
Instead, starting at age 11, Connor was chaperoned by coach and mechanic Gary Willis and developed a unique sense of independence and worldliness as a result of his travels.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The contact with and dependence on such support arguably also bolstered art’s worldliness and acted as an antidote to the petit bourgeois affinity for idealist mystification.
—Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Venice, which begins at the tail end of August, is all glitz and a gloss of European worldliness, perfect for photo ops of big stars in boats along canals and for the canceled to test the waters to see how temperate the reception for their return might be.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worldliness
sophistication
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London has carved out a global reputation for fintech, combining regulatory sophistication with access to capital, talent and a dense network of financial institutions.—
Melissa Jun Rowley,
Rolling Stone,
29 Apr. 2026
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Weisberger’s book may have been an opportunistic takedown, but the director David Frankel and the screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna spun it into one of the finer Hollywood entertainments of its era, with the pleasing sophistication and bitchery of a classic studio comedy from the forties or fifties.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Worldliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worldliness. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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