English Explanatory Dictionary

the world is too much with someone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Someone is excessively materialistic and distanced from nature.

Word forms

the world is too much with someone

Etymology

In reference to The World Is Too Much with Us, a sonnet by William Wordsworth, written circa 1802.

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