世俗|せぞくsezoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounworldly things; common customs; ordinary life; popular taste
2. nounthe world; the (common) people; the masses
3. nounsecularity

• Related世間せけんNeutralThe everyday word for society and the people in it, as in 「世間の目」; 「世俗」 leans toward the mundane, secular world as opposed to religion or transcendence.
• Related俗間ぞっかんWrittenA written term for the common world or the public; used very rarely.
• Related俗衆ぞくしゅうWrittenA written term for the ordinary masses, with a disparaging nuance; 「世俗」 refers to the secular, mundane world.
• Related衆庶しゅうしょFormalA formal written term for the common people; 「世俗」 refers to social trends and the mundane world.
• Related一般大衆いっぱんたいしゅうNeutralA neutral term for the general public; 「世俗」 carries the nuance of standing opposite religion or refinement.
• Related常民じょうみんWrittenA written term from folklore studies for ordinary people; used rarely.
• Related士庶ししょWrittenAn archaic written term for samurai and commoners, or ordinary people; little used today.
• Antonym宗教しゅうきょうNeutralReligion and faith; the direct opposite of 「世俗」, as in 「世俗化」.
• Antonym神聖しんせいNeutralHoliness and solemn dignity; the opposite of the mundane quality of 「世俗」.
• Antonym霊的れいてきWrittenA written term for the spiritual or incorporeal; the opposite of the mundane 「世俗」.

For society and people in general, say 「世間」; for the mundane, secular world as opposed to religion or transcendence, say 「世俗」; for ordinary people, say 「一般大衆」. 「俗間」「俗衆」「常民」 are rare written terms, 「衆庶」 formal, 「士庶」 archaic. Antonyms: 「宗教」, 「神聖」, 「霊的」.

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1. 世間せけん。世の中よのなか。身近みじかで日常的にちじょうてきな世界せかい。
2. 世間せけんの風潮ふうちょう。世よのならい。
3. 宗教しゅうきょうに関係かんけいしないこと。無宗教むしゅうきょう。