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Religionism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Excessive or affected religious zeal.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. excessive religious ardour or zeal

n. extreme piety

n. discrimination or prejudice on the basis of religion or religious beliefs.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The practice of, or devotion to, religion.

n. Affectation or pretense of religion.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Outward practice or profession of religion.

n. Affected religious zeal.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal

n. exaggerated religious zealotry

Word Usage

"Neo-cons, with their religionism, imperialism, intolerance, insensitivity, glorification of Big Business, and hatred of civil liberties and our Constitution, give real conservatives a bad name."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

devoutness religiousness intolerance

Form

religionist

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