Worldlinessas

Worldlinessas is a neologism used in some strands of contemporary philosophy and social theory to designate a stance or mode of analysis that treats worldly life—work, culture, institutions, and everyday practice—as the primary site of meaning, knowledge, and value. The term fuses worldliness with a suffix-like framing that signals how the object is constituted as "worldliness as" a lens or method, rather than merely describing worldly phenomena.

Etymology and usage: The construction worldliness-as or worldliness as is not standardized; it appears in essays, critical theory blogs, and some interdisciplinary discussions to mark a methodological or evaluative posture that foregrounds immanence over transcendence.

In practice, worldlinessas may be used to describe approaches that analyze social life through concrete practices, material conditions, and local contexts; it often contrasts with frames that prioritize metaphysical speculation, transcendent norms, or other-worldly ideals. In ethics, a worldlinessas stance would ground normative claims in actual social arrangements and consequences; in aesthetics or cultural studies, it might treat everyday culture as legitimate object of critical inquiry.

Criticism and scope: Because the term is not widely standardized, definitions vary and risk vagueness. Some critics warn that worldlinessas could blur important distinctions between descriptive analysis and normative commitments.

See also: worldliness, secularism, phenomenology, pragmatism, social theory.