Definition

1. Noun:

   • The secular world; worldly affairs: Refers to human society and its mundane concerns, customs, and ways of life, often contrasted with religious or spiritual life.
   • Worldly customs; the ways of the world: Denotes the prevailing habits, traditions, and practices of ordinary society.

2. Adjective:

   • Secular; temporal; worldly: Describes something pertaining to the physical, non-religious world and its concerns, as opposed to the sacred or eternal.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Ông ấy từ bỏ thế tục để đi tu. (He abandoned the secular world to become a monk.)
  • Những lo toan thế tục khiến con người mệt mỏi. (Worldly worries make people tired.)

• Adjective:

  • Quyền lực thế tục đôi khi mâu thuẫn với giáo hội. (Temporal power sometimes conflicts with the church.)
  • Anh ấy có một cái nhìn rất thế tục về cuộc sống. (He has a very secular view of life.)

Advanced Usage

• "ngoài thế tục": outside the secular world; living apart from worldly society.
  • Ngôi chùa nằm ở một nơi ngoài thế tục. (The pagoda is located in a place outside the secular world.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trần tục (adj): worldly, earthly, mundane. Often used similarly to "thế tục" but can emphasize material or fleshly concerns.
  • Những ham muốn trần tục. (Worldly desires.)

Synonyms

• Secular: Not connected with religious or spiritual matters.
• Temporal: Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular.
• Worldly: Of or concerned with material values or ordinary life rather than a spiritual existence.

Related Concepts

• Thế gian: The world; the earthly realm. This term is broader and more neutral than "thế tục," which carries a stronger contrast with the religious or ascetic life.
• Phàm tục: Mundane, ordinary. Emphasizes the common, non-transcendent nature of things.

noun

1. the way of the world

adj

1. temproral