noun
worldliness; worldly-mindedness
Refers to a mindset attached to worldly concerns, desires, or material pursuits, often contrasted with spiritual or ascetic ideals. Somewhat formal or literary.
世俗心を捨てて修行に専念する。
Abandon worldly-mindedness and devote oneself to ascetic practice.
彼の世俗心の強さが、芸術の純粋さを損なっている。
His strong worldliness is undermining the purity of his art.
名利 means fame and profit, a concrete object of worldly desire, whereas 世俗心 is the broader inner disposition.
Compound of 世俗 (secular, worldly) and 心 (heart, mind). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for abstract psychological nouns.