RELIGIOUSNESS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

religiousness

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Recent Examples of religiousness There's a sort of a natural world religiousness or spirituality or philosophy that swells around a lot of things and different characters. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 Jan. 2026 Key measures of religiousness have remained remarkably stable since 2020, according to recent Pew Research Center polling. — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025

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Noun

The Abrahamic religion that may be the most open-minded about aliens, Long says, is also the oldest.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
That means any proximity to another religion, not to mention one as controversial as Scientology, brings up obvious complications.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of religion

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At the height of her piousness, Adele is confronted with a substitute English teacher, Bromley Stokes, a hippie from San Francisco, who, to her dismay, changes all the rules of school.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Christianity is one of the state’s primary means of control, but for the girls who grew up at the Aunt Lydia School, piousness is real.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026

Definition of piousness

Noun

Has he been hoodwinked by the performance of devotion between Holmes and Evans?

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Turturro admires Harry’s old-school pride in his craft, but the character’s devotion to his ailing wife struck a deeper chord.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

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