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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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for religiousness
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In Iran, women are legally required to adhere to a dress code, and must wear a hijab, or headscarf, regardless of their nationality or religion.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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Providing service to others seems like a good cure for what ails us today — a true lack of altruism and looking out for each other regardless of race, gender or religion, etc.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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If this devoutness doesn’t come easy to him, that’s the point, conveyed with surprising humor and accumulating force.—
Claudia Roth Pierpont,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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At one vortex, there’s 18th century composer Antonio Salieri, wavering between piety and murderous peevishness.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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Donghwa—who’s revealed to be thirty-five—rhapsodizes about Oryeong’s devotion, and filial piety over all, although (and, perhaps, because) his own family bonds are strained.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
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The point is devotion, community and the quiet joy of being part of something small but enduring.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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Dear Everything offers an antidote — the voices of visionary youth, powerful storytelling, inspirational music, and a deep devotion that opens portals to other realms.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Religiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/religiousness. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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