RELIGIOUSNESS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

religiousness

noun

Definition of religiousness

as in religion

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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

On the show, Hamilton also discussed things like hook-up culture and young people spurning religion because of right-wing politics.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2026
This is not the first subversive collection from Azagury-Partridge, who regularly draws on science, philosophy, religion, Greek myth and the antique world for inspiration.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of religion

Noun

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

Although sometimes seen as oppressive, the hijab is, for many Muslim women, an expression of religious piety, personal identity, and cultural tradition.

— Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Nov. 2026
Reverence might also seem to involve a piety that is out of place in a diverse democracy.

— Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of piety

Noun

Tesla’s Cybertruck, the hulking, stainless-steel pickup that inspired devotion and derision with its science-fiction looks, will cease production next year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
The song conveys the perspective of someone wading into deep waters of enduring devotion, and longing to be the one someone leans on through the highs and lows.

— Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of devotion

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