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

Examples of religiosity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The film is both an examination of religiosity and an entertainingly gory thriller, and though East is not a horror head herself, that element appealed to her cinephile side. —Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024

The first episode’s ridicule of Brown’s religiosity, and its relish of the pre–Civil War mayhem in Bleeding Kansas, made the series seem part of this unfortunate trend. —Martha Bayles, National Review, 24 Oct. 2024

The association between religiosity and prosociality seems to depend a lot on how those things are being measured. —Sigal Samuel, Vox, 20 Oct. 2024

The most crucial criteria for receiving an invitation were religiosity and loyalty to the supreme leader. —Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above