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religiosity Definition

re·li·gi·os·ity (ri lij′ē äsə tē)

noun

the quality of being religious, esp. of being excessively, ostentatiously, or mawkishly religious

Etymology: ME religiosite < LL(Ec) religiositas

religiosity Related Forms
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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