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
  • For Iranians themselves, it’s been a deeply frustrating recurring cycle, most recently experienced in the protests in 2022 that followed the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who had been detained by the religious morality police.
    ERIC EDELMAN, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2025
  • Mass protests also broke out in the autumn of 2022 after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old, died while detained by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf improperly.
    Ruth Marks Eglash, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • In the name of liberal virtue signaling and pandering to his progressive base, Senator Wiener has introduced a bill that endangers the very men and women who've committed their lives to keeping us safe.
    Billal Rahman Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
  • Seattle Sounders One of three MLS clubs in this tournament, the Sounders are here by virtue of their 2022 Concacaf Champions League triumph.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • My goodness, these men wanted to win the U.S. Open with every bit of their being, to finally win a major championship and make this ugly, rainy day worth the battles behind them.
    Brody Miller, New York Times, 16 June 2025
  • It was perfectly cooked and packed so much smoky goodness.
    Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • And not unlike that earlier film, this one takes its tale of debauchery and rectitude and reconciles everything with a fiery third act.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
  • The film is a poem, its images made up of slumped torsos, of sidelong glances—and so the rectitude strikes us.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025

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“Scrupulosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrupulosity. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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