Világbeli

Világbeli is a Hungarian adjective and, less commonly, a noun meaning worldly or cosmopolitan in the sense of having broad experience beyond one’s local or national context. When used as an adjective, világbeli describes people, attitudes, or outlooks that are worldly, culturally aware, and open to international influences. As a noun, it can refer to a person with a cosmopolitan disposition.

Etymology: The term is formed from világ, meaning world, plus the suffix -beli, which denotes belonging or origin. The construction is parallel to other Hungarian -beli compounds that express relational or locational sense, such as országbeli (national, of the country) but here it conveys a global or worldwide scope.

Usage: Világbeli appears in literary, journalistic, and conversational Hungarian to convey a neutral or mildly evaluative sense of worldliness. It can imply admiration for cross-cultural experience or simply describe a cosmopolitan outlook. It is related to, but distinct from, világi (secular or worldly in a more general sense) and from other terms that emphasize local or national specificity.

See also: cosmopolitanism, worldliness, Hungarian language.

Example sentences: "Ő világbeli ember volt, sokféle kultúrát megismert." "A világbeli szemlélet arra törekszik, hogy a különböző kultúrák alapján közelítse meg a problémákat."