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1971 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg
The World Inside is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, published in 1971. The novel originally appeared as a series of shorter
The_World_Inside
Ukrainian television travel series
The World Inside Out (Ukrainian: Світ навиворіт, romanized: Svit navyvorit; Russian: Мир наизнанку, romanized: Mir naiznanku) is a Ukrainian travel television
The_World_Inside_Out
Tang dynasty story by Shen Jiji
"The World Inside a Pillow" (Chinese Simplified: 枕中记) is a traditional Chinese story by Shen Jiji of the Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907). The story involves
The_World_Inside_a_Pillow
2024 film by Kelsey Mann
Inside Out 2 is a 2024 American animated coming-of-age film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The sequel to Inside Out (2015)
Inside_Out_2
1992 studio album by Human Drama
The World Inside is an album by Human Drama, released by Triple X in 1992. The album landed three videos, "Look into a Strangers Eyes", "Fascination and
The_World_Inside_(album)
2018 studio album by Ought
Room Inside the World is the third and final studio album by Canadian art punk band, Ought. The album was released on February 16, 2018, through Merge
Room_Inside_the_World
Pixar media franchise
Inside Out is an American media franchise created by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen. It takes place inside the mind of a girl named Riley Andersen
Inside_Out_(franchise)
2006 studio album by The Kooks
Inside In / Inside Out is the debut studio album by British indie rock band The Kooks. It was released on 23 January 2006, on Virgin Records. It contains
Inside_In_/_Inside_Out
1978 studio album by Kate Bush
The Kick Inside is the debut studio album by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. Released on 17 February 1978 by EMI Records, it includes her UK No
The_Kick_Inside
1939 book
Inside the Gestapo: Hitler's Shadow over the World is a 1939 book partially published in serial form in the Manchester Guardian, and then in full by Pallas
Inside_the_Gestapo
2009 video game
Bowser's Inside Story is a 2009 role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It is the third game in the Mario
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Mario_&_Luigi:_Bowser's_Inside_Story
2015 film by Pete Docter
Inside Out is a 2015 American animated coming-of-age film directed by Pete Docter who co-wrote it with Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley. Produced by Pixar Animation
Inside_Out
British comedy TV series (2014–2024)
and Shearsmith decided not to mix the worlds of Inside No. 9 and their previous projects, but nonetheless include the occasional reference; for example
Inside_No._9
2000 studio album by The Apples in Stereo
The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone (2000) is the fourth album from The Apples in Stereo. It received generally good reviews as a showcase for the
The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone
The_Discovery_of_a_World_Inside_the_Moone
Postgame show for NBA on ESPN broadcasts
Inside the NBA is a halftime and postgame studio show for selected NBA on ESPN broadcasts, having previously aired for NBA on TNT broadcasts from 1989
Inside_the_NBA
2016 British TV series or programme
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons is a television documentary series produced by London-based Emporium Productions and available on Netflix. The documentary
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
Inside_the_World's_Toughest_Prisons
UK television programme (2015–)
Inside the Factory is a British television series produced by Voltage TV for the BBC. The first episode was broadcast on BBC Two on 5 May 2015. Each episode
Inside_the_Factory
1977 studio album by Queen
News of the World is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 28 October 1977 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra
News_of_the_World_(album)
2023 film by Vasilis Katsoupis
(Willem Dafoe) who is trapped inside a luxury penthouse, slowly losing his grip on reality. Inside had its world premiere at the 73rd Berlin International
Inside_(2023_film)
Global participatory art project
wish to "change the world" by turning it "inside out". With the $100,000 from the TED Prize, JR set about achieving this by giving the power of representation
Inside_Out_Project
Type of scoring play in baseball
baseball, an inside-the-park home run is a rare play in which a batter rounds all four bases for a home run without the baseball leaving the field of play
Inside-the-park_home_run
2004 Spanish drama film
The Sea Inside (Spanish: Mar adentro) is a 2004 psychological drama film co-written and directed by Alejandro Amenábar, who also co-produced, scored and
The_Sea_Inside
Inside the Actors Studio is a series on the Bravo cable television channel, first hosted by James Lipton from 1994 to 2018, and on Ovation for the show's
List of Inside the Actors Studio episodes
List_of_Inside_the_Actors_Studio_episodes
2021 album by Bo Burnham
Inside (The Songs) (shortened and stylized to INSIDE on streaming platforms) is a soundtrack album by American musical comedian Bo Burnham. Accompanying
Inside_(The_Songs)
Television series
Walt Disney World Inside Out is an American television show that aired on the Disney Channel from 1994 to 1997. Initially airing monthly, it later became
Walt_Disney_World_Inside_Out
American alternative rock band
(Echo and the Bunnymen, The Fall, The Lightning Seeds and many others). Human Drama next signed to Triple X Records and released The World Inside in 1992
Human_Drama
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up inside out or inside-out in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Inside Out is a 2015 coming-of-age film. Inside Out may also refer to: Backwards or
Inside_Out_(disambiguation)
American science fiction writer and editor (born 1935)
(1969) and the novels Downward to the Earth (1970), The World Inside (1971), Dying Inside (1972), and Lord Valentine's Castle (1980; the first of the Majipoor
Robert_Silverberg
1940 essay by George Orwell
without seeking to change it, Jonah inside the whale being comfortably protected from the problems of the outside world. It was published, alongside two
Inside_the_Whale
T-Rex-fic Weekend: Jurassic World, Inside Out Drive Second Biggest 2015 Frame To Date With $240M". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 21,
List_of_Pixar_films
British comedy TV show
Inside Victor Lewis-Smith is a British comedy sketch/sitcom series that ran on BBC2 from November to December 1993. It was co-written and presented by
Inside_Victor_Lewis-Smith
Topics referred to by the same term
album World Service "Inside Outside" (Sophie Monk song), a 2002 single by Sophie Monk, from her debut album Calendar Girl "Inside, Outside" (The Grates
Inside_Outside
American rock band
AFI (A Fire Inside) is an American rock band from Ukiah, California, formed in 1991. Since 1998, it consists of lead vocalist Davey Havok, drummer and
AFI_(band)
Austrian conglomerate company
August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025. "Red Bull soccer teams around the world". Inside Sport. 18 July 2023. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Red Bull
Red_Bull_GmbH
2012 Irish horror thriller film directed by Eoin Macken
The Inside is a 2012 Irish horror thriller film directed, written and produced by Eoin Macken. The film is about a group of young women who hold a party
The_Inside_(film)
2000 book by Carl Zimmer
Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures is a nonfiction book by Carl Zimmer that was published by Free Press in 2000. The book
Parasite_Rex
2017 animated comedy film by Tony Leondis
producer felt that the world inside a phone was much more interesting, which inspired Leondis to create the story of where and how the emojis lived. As
The_Emoji_Movie
Book by Joël Glenn Brenner
The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars is a book by Joël Glenn Brenner published on December 22, 1998, by Random House
The_Emperors_of_Chocolate
2006 film by Spike Lee
Inside Man is a 2006 American crime thriller film directed by Spike Lee and written by Russell Gewirtz. It centers on an elaborate bank heist-turned-hostage
Inside_Man
British reality competition series
Inside (stylised as InSIDE) is a reality competition web and television series created and hosted by British YouTube group the Sidemen, first premiered
Inside_(TV_series)
Turkish public radio and TV broadcaster
Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2017. "Inside America – TRT World". Inside America – TRT World. Archived from the original
TRT_World
2004 British film
The I Inside is a 2004 psychological thriller directed by Roland Suso Richter. It was written by Michael Cooney based on his own play Point of Death. This
The_I_Inside
Book by David Kirkpatrick
"The Facebook Effect" preview at Google Books Kirkpatrick, David (2010). The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World
The_Facebook_Effect
Football tournament
The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale
FIFA_World_Cup
2022 American animated film
America. The land of Avalonia was given a "warm, nostalgic" color scheme to contrast with the titular strange world inside the creature, for which the filmmakers
Strange_World_(film)
2024 film by Greg Jardin
It's What's Inside is a 2024 American science fiction comedy horror film, written and directed by Greg Jardin. It stars Brittany O'Grady, James Morosini
It's_What's_Inside
Qatari news media organization
rest of the world. In Tunisia, the Ben Ali regime banned Al Jazeera from operating in the country, but with the help of Facebook users inside Tunisia
Al_Jazeera_Media_Network
Disproven hypothesis
also the belief of the tribes of the Iroquois that their ancient ancestors emerged from a subterranean world inside the Earth. The elders of the Hopi
Hollow_Earth
2018 South Korean TV series
The Beauty Inside (Korean: 뷰티 인사이드) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Seo Hyun-jin, Lee Min-ki, Lee Da-hee and Ahn Jae-hyun. Based on
The_Beauty_Inside_(TV_series)
Topics referred to by the same term
Transform the World, a 2009 book by Joel C. Rosenberg Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela, a 2009 film about the Bolivarian
Inside_the_Revolution
1983 studio album by John Cougar
The Kid Inside is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp (credited as John Cougar). It was released January 27, 1983 by
The_Kid_Inside
World Marathon Cup in Edmonton
The 2001 World Marathon Cup was the ninth edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Edmonton, Canada, inside of the 2001 World Championships
2001_World_Marathon_Cup
Book by Jeffrey Toobin
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court is a 2007 non-fiction book by legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. Based in part on exclusive interviews
The_Nine_(book)
Book by Brian Stelter
Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV is a 2013 non-fiction book by the media critic Brian Stelter. The book was first published
Top_of_the_Morning_(book)
Global conflict (1939-1945)
World War II, or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers
World_War_II
British current affairs television programme
Programmes | This World | Inside the Sharia Court Article BBC Two - This World, Inside the Shari'ah Court BBC NEWS | Programmes | This World | India's Missing
This_World_(TV_series)
Type of design principles for human habitats
fictional works. In Robert Silverberg's The World Inside, most of the global population of 75 billion live inside giant skyscrapers, called "urbmons", each
Arcology
Martial arts school in Dagestan, Russia
25 February 2021. "The Fifth Direction of The World". Inside the Ropes Boxing – Your No. 1 source for boxing news. Archived from the original on 11 November
Five_Directions_of_the_World
American television talk show (1994–2019)
Inside the Actors Studio is an American talk show that premiered on Bravo on June 12, 1994, airing for 22 seasons, and was hosted by James Lipton from
Inside_the_Actors_Studio
2021 comedy special by Bo Burnham
Burnham: Inside is a 2021 musical special written, directed, filmed, edited, and performed by American comedian Bo Burnham. Created alone by Burnham in the guest
Bo_Burnham:_Inside
Olympic news website
Inside the Games (also known as insidethegames and insidethegames.biz) is an Olympic news website formerly edited by the British sports journalist Duncan
Inside_the_Games
Lithuanian-born American actress (born 1993)
for "The Florida Project" film highlights life at budget motel near Walt Disney World | Inside the Magic". Inside the Magic. August 14, 2017. "'The Florida
Bria_Vinaite
Inside Retail is an International trade magazine and websites for the retailing industry, published by Octomedia. It started as Inside Retail Weekly, launched
Inside_Retail
2001 book by Peter Bergen
Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Bin Laden is a book by CNN investigative journalist and documentarian Peter Bergen. It was published in November
Holy_War,_Inc.
Season of television series
37th. In 2020, Inside Survivor ranked this season 37th out of 40 saying that the One World twist fell flat and the "vast majority [of the players] is either
Survivor:_One_World
2004 studio album by John Frusciante
Inside of Emptiness is the sixth studio album by American musician John Frusciante, released on October 26, 2004 on Record Collection, and is the fourth
Inside_of_Emptiness
2022 book by Max Fisher
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World is a 2022 book by New York Times reporter Max Fisher, which explores
The_Chaos_Machine
2018 studio album by Sophie
of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (stylised in all caps) is the debut studio album by British electronic music producer Sophie and the only one to be released
Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
Oil_of_Every_Pearl's_Un-Insides
World Marathon Cup in Athens
The 1997 World Marathon Cup was the seventh edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Athens, Greece, inside of the 1997 World Championships
1997_World_Marathon_Cup
Annual ranking of the world's billionaires by Forbes magazine
The World's Billionaires is an annual ranking by the American business magazine Forbes of people who are billionaires, i.e., they are estimated to have
The_World's_Billionaires
World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics. Sabastian Sawe set the men's
Marathon world record progression
Marathon_world_record_progression
2023 history book by Simon Garfield
2023-04-05. ALL THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORLD | Kirkus Reviews. "Print Encyclopedias, Universities and 'All the Knowledge in the World' | Inside Higher Ed".
All the Knowledge in the World
All_the_Knowledge_in_the_World
2025 TV segment on Salvadoran prison torture
"Inside CECOT" is a segment that was originally intended to be broadcast on the December 21, 2025, episode of 60 Minutes, a television news magazine from
Inside_CECOT
Book by Adam Lashinsky
and iPad, ending up in 2011, when the company was the largest company in the world. Lashinsky, Adam (2012). Inside Apple. John Murray. ISBN 9781848547223
Inside_Apple
American Vietnam War protest movement
The abbreviation or acronym RITA (sometimes written in low case, "rita") stands for "Resistance Inside the Army", "Resister Inside the Army", or "Resist
Resistance_Inside_the_Army
2016 book by Tim Birkhead
The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg is a popular science book by Tim Birkhead. It was first published in 2016, and was shortlisted
The_Most_Perfect_Thing
Topics referred to by the same term
computers The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, a 2011 book by Andrew Feinstein Shadow World (film), a 2016 documentary film based on the book This
Shadow_World
American writer and former Gambino family mobster
follows Ferrante as he explores different gang cultures around the world. Inside the Gangsters' Code aired on Discovery Channel in over 195 countries
Louis_Ferrante
World Marathon Cup in Osaka
The 2007 World Marathon Cup was the 12th edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Osaka, Japan, inside of the 2007 World Championships
2007_World_Marathon_Cup
1985 novel by Haruki Murakami
during the winter. It gradually becomes evident that this Town is the world inside the subconscious of Hard-Boiled Wonderland's narrator (the password
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled_Wonderland_and_the_End_of_the_World
very large 38 m (125 ft) spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world's tallest building with a total height of 319 m (1046
List_of_tallest_buildings
South African politician (born 1964)
(4 November 2011). "The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade by Andrew Feinstein". The Washington Post. "WOW Wales One World Film Festival". Culture
Andrew_Feinstein
1952 crime novel by Jim Thompson
The Killer Inside Me is a 1952 novel by American writer Jim Thompson. In the introduction to the anthology Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s, it
The_Killer_Inside_Me
Association football tournament in Qatar
The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in
2022_FIFA_World_Cup
American investigative journalist and author
book, Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite, takes an in-depth look at the evolution of
Jake_Bernstein_(journalist)
Upcoming association football tournament
The 2030 FIFA World Cup is due to be the 24th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of
2030_FIFA_World_Cup
Association football tournament in Russia
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in
2018_FIFA_World_Cup
Inside GNSS (IG) is an international controlled circulation trade magazine and website owned by Gibbons Media and Research LLC. It covers space-based positioning
Inside_GNSS
1914–1918 global conflict
World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the
World_War_I
Sonnet by Emma Lazarus, inscribed at the Statue of Liberty
pedestal for the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World). In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower
The_New_Colossus
Upcoming action-adventure video game
Little Devil Inside is an upcoming action-adventure video game developed and published by Neostream Interactive. The game's single-player and co-operative
Little_Devil_Inside
2024 film by Rachel Morrison
The Fire Inside is a 2024 American biographical sports drama film by Rachel Morrison in her feature directorial debut. The film is about the early boxing
The_Fire_Inside_(film)
Fictional character
Disney/Pixar's Inside Out franchise. She is one of several emotions inside the mind of Riley Andersen, being the literal embodiment of joy and the lead emotion
Joy_(Inside_Out)
Independent web site for the University of North Carolina athletics
Inside Carolina is an independent web site devoted to the University of North Carolina athletics. The site covers North Carolina football, men's basketball
Inside_Carolina
Linked hypertext system on the Internet
The World Wide Web (also known as WWW, W3, or simply the Web) is a global interconnected information system that enables content sharing over the Internet
World_Wide_Web
Building in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
March 2017). "The World Inside a Building: Chungking Mansions". Zolina Citymag. Matthews, Gordon (2011). Ghetto at the Center of the World. Hong Kong: Hong
Chungking_Mansions
2024 biography of Volodymyr Zelenskyy by Simon Shuster
The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky is a non-fiction book written by Time magazine journalist
The_Showman
American metalcore band
The Ghost Inside, formerly known as A Dying Dream, is an American metalcore band from El Segundo, California. Formed in 2004, the band currently consists
The_Ghost_Inside_(band)
2024 animated film character
reach a consensus. › Anxiety is a fictional character of the 2024 Disney/Pixar film Inside Out 2. Voiced by Maya Hawke, she is a personification of Riley
Anxiety_(Inside_Out)
2005 book
Dark Justice: Inside the World of Paedophile Hunters is an ethnographic book by Mark de Rond. It is centered around the operations of British anti-pedophile
Dark_Justice_(book)
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Boy/Male
Indian
Two worlds, World and hereafter
Male
English
Short form of English Theodore, THEO means "gift of God," and other names beginning with Theo-.
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THI means "poem."
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : topographic name for someone who lived by a common pasture, Middle English tye (Old English tēag).North German : from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Tye.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Muslim, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
The Whole World; World; World Universe
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Christian, Finnish, Indian, Kannada, Muslim
The World; Word
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian
Norwegian : variant spelling of Vold (see Voll).English : topographic name for someone who lived on any of the areas of open upland known from Middle English times onwards as wolds (e.g. the Yorkshire Wolds or the Cotswolds). This term derives from Old English wald ‘forest’ (see Wald). After the extensive clearance of forests in England, from before the Norman Conquest onward, the Old English term wald came to denote open uplands (wolds) in Middle English in certain areas of England.
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Female
English
 Pet form of English Theodora, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THU means "autumn."
Female
Greek
 Short form of Greek and Latin Dorothea, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Two worlds, World and hereafter
Male
Native American
Native American Navajo name TSE means "rock."
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Light of the World; Another Word for Brahma
Surname or Lastname
German (Wörl)
German (Wörl) : variant of Wehrle.English : perhaps a habitational name for someone from Worle in Somerset, which is most probably named with Old English wÅr ‘wood grouse’ + lÄ“ah ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’.
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Boy/Male
Norse
Weapon of the gods.
Female
Spanish
Spanish pet form of Latin Margarita, MARGARETTA means "pearl."
Girl/Female
Indian
Song for God
Girl/Female
Tamil
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Earl.
Girl/Female
English American Danish
Abbreviation of Katherine. Pure.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Krishna
Girl/Female
Greek
God's name.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
The Divine Light Within; Inner Light
Girl/Female
Australian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Scandinavian, Teutonic
Hero's Daughter; Beautiful; Foremost
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v. t.
To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words.
n.
The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.
n.
The Christian world; Christendom.
n.
A world between other worlds.
definite article.
A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
n.
Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds.
v. i.
See Thee.
n.
The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world.
a.
Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.
n.
As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number.
n.
In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world.
a.
Beyond the material world.
adv.
By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
n.
The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind.
a.
Wandering over the world.
a.
Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame.
n.
Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew.
n.
The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests.
n.
The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind.