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View synonyms for religionism

religionism

[ ri-lij-uh-niz-uhm ]

noun

  1. excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.
  2. affected or pretended religious zeal.


religionism

/ rɪˈlɪdʒəˌnɪzəm /

noun

  1. extreme religious fervour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • reˈligionist, nounadjective
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Other Words From

  • re·ligion·ist noun
  • re·ligion·istic adjective
  • anti·re·ligion·ist noun adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of religionism1

First recorded in 1785–95; religion + -ism
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Example Sentences

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From Time

The religion of Israel had degenerated into an artificial religionism, which in pretentious show and empty profession outclassed the abominations of heathendom.

It seeks not, therefore, the applause of men; and it shrinks from that spurious religionism whose prominent characters are talk, and pretension, and external observance, often accompanied by uncharitable censure.

One of the most marked features of these lectures is the deep feeling which the preacher had of the emptiness and hollowness of the conventional religionism of the day.

The whole current of the religionism of the day is against it.

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