religiosity
Deep faith commitment
Religiosity is the quality of being religious—the degree of religious devotion, practice, or fervor someone displays.
The term often carries a slightly critical edge, suggesting religion that's excessive, performative, or outward rather than deeply felt: His religiosity seemed more about appearances than genuine faith.
Researchers use it neutrally to measure religious behavior across populations.
Address to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- adorationProfound loving regard
fervor · dedication · piety · devoutness · godliness · faithfulness · churchgoing · observance
Trust without proof
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- creedStatement of belief
- theismBelief in deity
- convictionFirmly held belief
dogma · orthodoxy · theology · scripture · revelation · salvation · providence · divinity
Intense emotional intensity
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
- proselytizingSeeking converts zealously
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
fundamentalism · extremism · zealotry · revival · crusade · dogmatism · intolerance · sectarianism
Formal event marking occasions
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- massQuantity of matter
- communionProfound shared closeness
baptism · prayer · fasting · sabbath · pilgrimage · vespers · penance · almsgiving
Connection to the sacred
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
nirvana · moksha · mysticism · shamanism · kabbalah · esoteric · ecstasy · vision
prayer
Address to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- venerationProfound admiring respect
adoration · fervor · dedication · piety · devoutness · godliness · faithfulness · churchgoing · observance · commitment
faith
Trust without proof
conviction · dogma · orthodoxy · theology · scripture · revelation · salvation · providence · divinity · transcendence
fervor
Intense emotional intensity
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
- proselytizingSeeking converts zealously
missionary · fundamentalism · extremism · zealotry · revival · crusade · dogmatism · intolerance · sectarianism · militancy
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
communion · baptism · prayer · fasting · sabbath · pilgrimage · vespers · penance · almsgiving · rosary
spirituality
Connection to the sacred
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- meditationFocused attention practice
contemplation · nirvana · moksha · mysticism · shamanism · kabbalah · esoteric · ecstasy · vision · revelation
clergy
Ordained religious officials collectively
synagogue · monastery · convent · congregation · parish · diocese · denomination · sect · chaplain · minister
- religious attitudesatheism, belief, devout, faith, piety
- valuesvalue, honesty, worth, fairness, morals
- devotiondevotion, adoration, reverence, devotions, piety
- historical erasStone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages, Renaissance
- social attitudesracism, sexism, ageism, xenophobia, homophobia
- hypocrisyhypocrisy, hypocrite, sanctimony, two-faced, self-righteousness
religiosityirreligion
Absence of faith
secularism · atheism · godlessness · unbelief · nonbelief
religiosityapathy
Absence of feeling
indifference · coldness · dispassion · coolness · lukewarmness
religiositymaterialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
naturalism · rationalism · scientism · secular humanism · antitheism
religion, religious, religions, religiously, nonreligious, irreligion, irreligious, religiousness, unreligious