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单词 pietistic
释义

pietistic

adjective

pi·​e·​tis·​tic ˌpī-ə-ˈti-stik How to pronounce pietistic (audio)
1
: of or relating to Pietism
2
a
: of or relating to religious devotion or devout persons
b
: marked by overly sentimental or emotional devotion to religion : religiose
pietistically
ˌpī-ə-ˈti-sti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce pietistic (audio)
adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The official version of Irish history was a dour, gray, pietistic nationalism. Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2022 Fonny grew up there, too, with his alcoholic father (Michael Beach), unforgivingly pietistic mother (Aunjanue Ellis), and judgmental sisters (Ebony Obsidian and Dominique Thorne). Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 18 Sep. 2018 My personal Sharia tells me how to pray, how to fast, how to follow my personal pietistic laws, but then there is Sharia that gets involved in criminal law, that gets involved in prohibiting siege. Fox News, 18 June 2018 Fonny grew up there, too, with his alcoholic father (Michael Beach), unforgivingly pietistic mother (Aunjanue Ellis), and judgmental sisters (Ebony Obsidian and Dominique Thorne). Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 18 Sep. 2018 My personal Sharia tells me how to pray, how to fast, how to follow my personal pietistic laws, but then there is Sharia that gets involved in criminal law, that gets involved in prohibiting siege. Fox News, 18 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1

pietistic

adjective

as in religiose

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • religiose
  • ascetic
  • spiritual
  • worshipful
  • ascetical
  • prayerful
  • reverential
  • reverent
  • religious
  • pious
  • saintly
  • godly
  • devout
  • canonized
  • moral
  • virtuous
  • beatified
  • angelic
  • sainted
  • holy
  • venerable
  • blest
  • angelical
  • blessed
  • chaste
  • cherubic
  • righteous
  • pure
  • upright

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • irreligious
  • godless
  • secular
  • antireligious
  • faithless
  • ungodly
  • impious
  • unholy
  • worldly
  • blasphemous
  • irreverent
  • profane
  • sacrilegious
  • unspiritual
  • nonreligious
  • sinful
  • evil
  • unfaithful
  • immoral
  • backsliding
  • unrighteous
  • wicked
  • iniquitous
  • desecrating
  • profanatory
  • sinning
  • miscreant
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