religiosity

noun

ri-ˌli-jē-ˈä-sə-tē

: the quality or state of being religious : religious feeling or devotion

A study of 291 newlywed couples found spouses to be closer in values, religiosity, and political attitudes than would be predicted by chance …—

Matthew Hutson

… on the whole any given generation tends to retain its level of religiosity throughout life.—

Gregory S. Paul

often : an intense, excessive, or fervent religiousness

The recent outburst of popular religiosity in the United States is a most dramatic and unforeseen development in American life. As Europe grows more secular, America grows more devout. —

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

It must be emphasized that the moral imperative of fiction provides no excuse for smug moralizing, religiosity, or propaganda. On the contrary, it forbids them. —

Robert Stone

The whole notion of pushing your physical limits … has attained a religiosity that's as passionate as it is pervasive. —

Heather Havrilesky

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His overt religiosity won him enthusiastic support among millions of white worshipers allied with the Southern Baptist Convention, the powerful protestant denomination based in Nashville. —

Richard Fausset, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024 This formalized lawlessness and its increasingly national scope, Douglass reasoned, undermined American religiosity. —

William Horne / Made By History, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024 Bible sales boom, despite decline in American religiosity. —

Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024 The trad-rap pedigree and forthright religiosity of Alligator conveniently shielded it from such complaints. —

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