RELIGIOSITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal

Synonyms:

pietism; religionism; religiosity; religiousism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("religiosity" is a kind of...):

devoutness; religiousness (piety by virtue of being devout)

Derivation:

religious (concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church)

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