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religiosity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˌlɪd͡ʒɪˈɒsɪti/
  • General-American: /ɹɪˌlɪd͡ʒɪˈɑsəti/
  • rhymes with -ɒsɪti
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 L IH2 JH IY0 AA1 S AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being religious or pious, especially when zealous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: religionism, religiousism, pietism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: devoutness, religiousness

History

Etymology

From religio(u)s + -ity, from Latin religiositas.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: religiositat — quality of being religious
  • Dutch: religiositeit — quality of being religious
  • Galician: relixiosidade — quality of being religious
  • German: Religiosität — quality of being religious
  • Hindi: धार्मिकता (dhārmiktā) — quality of being religious
  • Hungarian: vallásosság — quality of being religious
  • Irish: reiligiúnacht — quality of being religious
  • Italian: religiosità — quality of being religious
  • Kazakh: діндарлық (dındarlyq) — quality of being religious
  • Kazakh: діншілдік (dınşıldık) — quality of being religious
  • Kazakh: құдайшылдық (qūdaişyldyq) — quality of being religious
  • Kyrgyz: динчилдик (dincildik) — quality of being religious
  • Latvian: reliģiskums — quality of being religious
  • Latvian: reliģiozitāte — quality of being religious
  • Latvian: reliģiozums — quality of being religious
  • Maltese: reliġjożità — quality of being religious
  • Marathi: धार्मिकता (dhārmiktā) — quality of being religious
  • Polish: religijność — quality of being religious
  • Portuguese: religiosidade — quality of being religious
  • Russian: религио́зность (religióznostʹ) — quality of being religious
  • Spanish: religiosidad — quality of being religious
  • Swedish: religiositet — quality of being religious
  • Turkish: dindarlık — quality of being religious
  • Ukrainian: релігійність (relihijnistʹ) — quality of being religious