religiosity
religiosity
Definition
re·li·gi·os·ity (ri lij′ē äs′ə tē)
noun
the quality of being religious, esp. of being excessively, ostentatiously, or mawkishly religious
Etymology: ME religiosite < LL(Ec) religiositas
re·li′·gi·ose′ (-ōs′) adjective
religiosity
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- express: One of the first works that gave poetry a quasi-religious function, it expressed the religiosity of a less than religious age.
Adjective modifier
- popular: We also learn that Russian popular religiosity had a ' Sophia orientation ' .
- personal: The relationship between psychological factors, paranormal belief, and personal religiosity will also be investigated.
- shallow: There must be no room for shallow religiosity, or settling for the mediocre.
- Japanese: Its efforts in support of this oppressed group may presage a positive direction for Japanese religiosity.
- wild: But it's not a normal religiosity, it is a wild religiosity, savage?
- grim: Exceptionally privileged, for a poor country like Pakistan, far from the fundamentalist schools which spawned the grim religiosity of the Taliban.
Preposition: in
- way: We talked about expressing one's religiosity in a way not to touch another person.
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