scrupulosity

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Recent Examples of scrupulosity His efforts to repent led him into a spiral of extreme scrupulosity. Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Sep. 2021 His function is purely semiotic, and objections to him are hardly rooted in scrupulosity about matters of fact or logic. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Oct. 2019 There was no attempt to get to the bottom of what really happened, no rigor, no scrupulosity, no care for the actual event. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrupulosity
Noun
  • In the film, morality becomes ambiguous, and malleable even, as Coogler brilliantly illustrates duality in his characters and their development while incorporating themes of Hoodoo and Christianity.
    Nia Shumake, Essence, 15 May 2025
  • Global Constellation has unveiled a first exclusive still for the film, described as a harrowing and timely meditation on the collapse of morality in wartime, and the cost of survival when humanity itself is on the brink.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The City of God, written over the space of around 13 years, was written partly to rebut the allegation that Christianity was responsible for the collapse of an empire, that its adoption had led to a weakening of the virtues that had powered Rome to global dominance.
    Anna Rowlands, Time, 12 May 2025
  • The president recognized a perfect nominee for the times: a brilliant jurist who represented the best of American virtues and exhibited no vices or controversial positions on judicial issues (as had Bork three years earlier).
    Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Good energy comes around, and putting goodness into their community is a way of looking out for your partner, too.
    Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 8 May 2025
  • But long gone are the days when Republicans and Democrats alike could rally behind one singular figure and beacon of goodness like Mister Rogers.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • After a brief honeymoon period over the summer, when Harris mocked Trump instead of denouncing him, the campaign gave way to a more familiar Democratic posture of ethical rectitude enlivened by flutters of hysteria.
    Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Even 456, for all his moral rectitude, seems panicked.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024

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“Scrupulosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrupulosity. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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