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
  • This kid is going to have to discover what human morality is and that horror exists in many forms.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2025
  • Like the first half of Trauma Plot, and the majority of Sylvia Plath’s short life, the book takes place in New England, where the veneer of white middle-class morality can’t quite mask the ongoing structural violence ushered in by imperial colonialism half a millennia ago.
    Emily Van Duyne July 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Noun
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    True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • Does a great man embody the virtue of being devoid of empathy?
    Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • As if that weren’t indulgent enough, it’s finished with crispy golden fries tucked right into the bun, soaking up every drop of cheesy goodness.
    Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
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    Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • There is a good deal of this kind of humor, along with plenty of rectitude.
    Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • Blindly believing in his own rectitude, Putin may resort to nuclear weapons if events in Ukraine continue to confound his ambitions.
    Tatiana Stanovaya, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2022

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“Scrupulosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrupulosity. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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