contemptus mundi
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin contemptus mundī (literally “contempt for the world”), as used in works such as Bernard of Cluny’s De contemptu mundi. First attested in the mid-19th century in English.
Noun[edit]
contemptus mundi (uncountable)
Further reading[edit]
- “contemptus mundi, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.