religiosity
noun
: the quality or state of being religious : religious feeling or devotion
A study of 291 newlywed couples found spouses to be closer in values, religiosity, and political attitudes than would be predicted by chance …—
Matthew Hutson
Matthew Hutson… on the whole any given generation tends to retain its level of religiosity throughout life.—Gregory S. Paul
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: an intense, excessive, or fervent religiousness
The recent outburst of popular religiosity in the United States is a most dramatic and unforeseen development in American life. As Europe grows more secular, America grows more devout. —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. It must be emphasized that the moral imperative of fiction provides no excuse for smug moralizing, religiosity, or propaganda. On the contrary, it forbids them. —Robert Stone
Robert Stone The whole notion of pushing your physical limits … has attained a religiosity that's as passionate as it is pervasive. —Heather Havrilesky
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Former altar boy Jimmy Kimmel also noted the religiosity of last night’s address.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
The Byzantines wrote an amoral flexibility into their system, despite its putative religiosity—a realistic approach that has become more difficult to accomplish in the United States, partly owing to the power of a sanctimonious media establishment.
—Robert D. Kaplan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2022
The Pew study is one of the most significant such private efforts, drawing on a very large, representative sample to generate estimates of the public’s religious affiliations and religiosity.
—Jennifer Agiesta, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
Although most rebels in our sample reported being religious, religiosity was not, by and large, statistically predictive of their willingness to suffer to achieve their goal.
—Nafees Hamid, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
The Byzantines wrote an amoral flexibility into their system, despite its putative religiosity—a realistic approach that has become more difficult to accomplish in the United States, partly owing to the power of a sanctimonious media establishment.
—Robert D. Kaplan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2022
The Pew study is one of the most significant such private efforts, drawing on a very large, representative sample to generate estimates of the public’s religious affiliations and religiosity.
—Jennifer Agiesta, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
Although most rebels in our sample reported being religious, religiosity was not, by and large, statistically predictive of their willingness to suffer to achieve their goal.
—Nafees Hamid, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Religiosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/religiosity. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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