religiosité
French
Etymology
From Latin religiōsitātem.
Pronunciation
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Noun
religiosité f (plural religiosités)
- religiosity, a disposition for the religious, the sacred aspects of life
- 1895, R. von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis:
- Je suis fonctionnaire; je suis né, autant que je sais, d’une famille exempte de tares; mon père est mort d’une maladie aiguë, ma mère vit: elle est assez nerveuse. Une de mes sœurs est devenue depuis quelques années d’une religiosité exagérée.
- I'm a civil servant; I was born, as far as I know, to a family free of blemishes; my father died of an acute illness, my mother lives: she is rather nervous. One of my sisters has become affected, over the last few years, by an exaggerated religiosity.
Further reading
- “religiosité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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