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maallinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carnal adjective Relating to physical or sexual desires and pleasures rather than the mind or spirit.
  • material noun A substance — such as wood, metal, plastic, or fabric — that something is made from.
  • mundane adj Ordinary and unremarkable; part of everyday routine rather than exciting or unusual.
  • profane adjective Showing disrespect for sacred or religious things.
  • secular adj Not connected to religion; concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters.
  • temporal adj Relating to time, as opposed to space or eternity.
  • terrestrial adj Relating to the Earth or its land, as opposed to sea, sky, or space.
  • worldly adj Concerned with material or practical life rather than spiritual matters.

Senses

maallinen is used for these senses in English:

  • carnal Worldly or earthly; temporal.
  • material Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
  • material (especially, law) Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial.
  • profane Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
  • profane Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
  • secular Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical; profane.
  • secular Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
  • sublunary A person or thing which is of the (material) world.

carnal — full definition

  1. adjective Relating to physical or sexual desires and pleasures rather than the mind or spirit.
  2. adjective Relating to the body rather than the spirit; worldly rather than spiritual.

material — full definition

  1. noun A substance — such as wood, metal, plastic, or fabric — that something is made from.
  2. noun Fabric or cloth, especially before it is made into clothing or furnishings.
  3. noun Information, ideas, or content that can be shaped into something finished, such as a book, report, or performance.
  4. adj Relating to physical matter or objects, rather than ideas or spirit.
  5. adj Important enough to matter or make a difference; significant.

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