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What I am teaching is religiousness, a quality. Religion is a dead dogma, fixed principles, frozen fossils. What I am teaching to you is a living, flowing religiousness - an experience like love.
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Meaning of "religiousness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RELIGIOUSNESS

religiousness  [rɪˈlɪdʒəsnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RELIGIOUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Religiousness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RELIGIOUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Religiosity

Religiosity, in its broadest sense, is a comprehensive sociological term used to refer to the numerous aspects of religious activity, dedication, and belief. Another term that would work equally well, though less often used, is religiousness. In its narrowest sense, religiosity deals more with how religious a person is, and less with how a person is religious.

Definition of religiousness in the English dictionary

The definition of religiousness in the dictionary is a person's belief in a god or gods and their observance of associated activities.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RELIGIOUSNESS


biliousness
ˈbɪlɪəsnɪs
callousness
ˈkæləsnɪs
carelessness
ˈkeələsnɪs
deviousness
ˈdiːvɪəsnɪs
gorgeousness
ˈɡɔːdʒəsnɪs
helplessness
ˈhɛlpləsnɪs
hopelessness
ˈhəʊpləsnɪs
lawlessness
ˈlɔːləsnɪs
litigiousness
lɪˈtɪdʒəsnɪs
nervousness
ˈnɜːvəsnɪs
obviousness
ˈɒbvɪəsnɪs
rebelliousness
rɪˈbelɪəsnɪs
restlessness
ˈrɛstləsnɪs
ridiculousness
rɪˈdɪkjʊləsnɪs
righteousness
ˈraɪtʃəsnɪs
seriousness
ˈsɪərɪəsnɪs
sleeplessness
ˈsliːpləsnɪs
thoughtlessness
ˈθɔːtləsnɪs
unconsciousness
ʌnˈkɒnʃəsnɪs
viciousness
ˈvɪʃəsnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RELIGIOUSNESS

religion
religionary
religioner
religionise
religionism
religionist
religionize
religionless
religiose
religiosely
religiosity
religioso
religious
religious education
religious instruction
religious leader
religious order
Religious Society of Friends
religiously
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WORDS THAT END LIKE RELIGIOUSNESS

business
consciousness
contagiousness
dangerousness
deliciousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
hilariousness
homelessness
jealousness
lusciousness
meaninglessness
preciousness
pretentiousness
recklessness
self-consciousness
selflessness
spaciousness
statelessness
stream of consciousness
tastelessness

Synonyms and antonyms of religiousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «religiousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RELIGIOUSNESS

Find out the translation of religiousness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of religiousness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «religiousness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

宗教性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

religiosidad
570 millions of speakers

English

religiousness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धर्म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التدين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

религиозность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

religiosidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধার্মিকতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piété
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keagamaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Religiosität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

宗教性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

종교성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Religius
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tôn giáo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சமய ஈடுபாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धार्मिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dindarlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

religiosità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

religijność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

релігійність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

religiozitatea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θρησκευτικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

godsdienstig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

religiositet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

religiøsitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of religiousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RELIGIOUSNESS»

The term «religiousness» is regularly used and occupies the 74.110 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RELIGIOUSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «religiousness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «religiousness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about religiousness

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2 QUOTES WITH «RELIGIOUSNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word religiousness.
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Yehuda Amichai
I was a very religious child - I went to synagogue at least once, sometimes twice, a day. And I remember my religiousness as good - I think religion is good for children, especially educated children, because it allows for imagination, a whole imaginative world apart from the practical world.
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Rajneesh
What I am teaching is religiousness, a quality. Religion is a dead dogma, fixed principles, frozen fossils. What I am teaching to you is a living, flowing religiousness - an experience like love.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELIGIOUSNESS»

Discover the use of religiousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to religiousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Religiousness in Yoga: Lectures on Theory and Practice
The value of the book lies in the author's expertise in yogic theory and practice, the questions and responses of the students attending the course, and the many figures designed to facilitate understanding of yogic concepts and practice... ...
T. K. V. Desikachar, Mary Louise Skelton, John Ross Carter, 1980
2
Faith and Ethics: Religiousness and Prayer as Predictors of ...
This research sought to determine if intrinsic religiousness, extrinsic religiousness, and prayer are causally related to ethical attitudes in business.
Ronald D. Jewe, 2008
3
Rebellion, Revolution, and Religiousness
Osho's teachings defy categorisation, covering everything from the individual quest for meaning to the most urgent social and political issues facing society today.
Osho, 2010
4
Kierkegaard
religiousness of hidden inwardness” with the “paradoxical religiousness, Christian religiousness” (534). Before moving on to a discussion of the paradoxical religiousness, he adds a very brief transitional section. As a kind of shorthand, ...
M. Jamie Ferreira, 2009
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Religion in Prison: An Analysis of the Impact of ...
The variable of race was not found to be significant.
Ronald G. Turner, 2008
6
New Directions in the Study of Late Life Religiousness and ...
In the IHD sample, the average intercorrelation between the ratings of religiousness and spirituality across the four adult times of assessment was moderate (mean r = .34). RESULTS Summary of Quantitative Findings Broad empirical trends ...
Susan H. Mcfadden, Mark Brennan, 2014
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Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook 2005
The Climacean Alphabet Reflections on Religiousness A and B from the Perspective of the Edifying By MICHAEL OLESEN Abstract The article investigates the theory of religiousness that Kierkegaard, through his pseudonym Johannes ...
Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, K. Brian Söderquist, Hermann Deuser, 2005
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Emerging Adults' Religiousness and Spirituality: ...
studied there are either no gender differences in the active dimensions of religiousness, or men are in fact higher on these dimensions than are their female counterparts. Sullins (2006) found that in 28% of the nations for which they had data, ...
Carolyn McNamara Barry, Mona M. Abo-Zena, 2014
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Spirituality and Religiousness and Alcohol/Other Drug ...
Treatment and Recovery Perspectives Brent Benda. KEYWORDS. Spirituality, religiousness, multidimensional, treatment, recovery, alcohol/other drug problems Spirituality and religiousness are essential components of the human experience.
Brent Benda, 2013
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Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion
CAPTURING THE MEANINGS OF RELIGIOUSNESS AND SPIRITUALITY: ONE WAY DOWN FROM A DEFINITIONAL TOWER OF BABEL Brian J. Qnnbauer Kenneth I. Pargament ABSTRACT This study examined individual and group ...
Ralph L. Piedmont, David O. Moberg, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELIGIOUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term religiousness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Turkey's Prickly President
Therefore, he argued, his religiousness and vindictiveness reflect the 'average Anatolian religiousness and vindictiveness'. This was considered an insult. «CounterPunch, Mar 15»
2
Philippines: where generosity, religiousness and creativity meet
In this interview with Vatican Radio's Sean Patrick Lovett, she speaks of how the outside world views the Philippines and of the deep religiousness of its people. «Vatican Radio, Jan 15»
3
The religiousness of science: Pictures of how we see the universe
1660: This plate from Andreas Cellarius's Harmonia macrocosmica is one of the four that present a new way of looking at the celestial spheres. In Durer's ... «Macleans.ca, Dec 14»
4
Religion Unimportant to Most LGBT Americans
Part of the reason for the disparity in religiousness may be that LGBT individuals do not feel welcomed into religious communities whose doctrine does not ... «LiveScience.com, Aug 14»
5
Religion Remains a Strong Marker of Political Identity in US
Data from the first six months of 2014 provide more detailed insights into the underlying relationship between religiousness and partisanship. Republican ... «Gallup.com, Jul 14»
6
How Much Do Our Genes Influence Our Political Beliefs?
In “Obedience to Traditional Authority: A heritable factor underlying authoritarianism, conservatism and religiousness,” published by the journal Personality and ... «New York Times, Jul 14»
7
In US, 42% Believe Creationist View of Human Origins
Religiousness relates most strongly to these views, which is not surprising, given that this question deals directly with God's role in human origins. «Gallup.com, Jun 14»
8
Why atheists are brighter than Christians
This found that there is a weak but significant negative correlation between "religiousness" and "intelligence". In short, this means that atheists have higher IQs ... «Church Times, May 14»
9
Losing my religion: New study finds increased internet usage lowers …
Losing my religion: New study finds increased internet usage lowers religiousness. by Colm Gorey. 7 Apr 2014. shutterstock-118178812. Share on Facebook ... «Siliconrepublic.com, Apr 14»
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Religion and spirituality have complementary beneficial health effects
This research showed that while religiousness was strongly associated with better health behavior habits, spirituality was more strongly linked to biomarkers and ... «Examiner.com, Mar 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Religiousness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/religiousness>. Apr 2024 ».
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