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religiouslike en · ADJ

Etymology

From religious + -like.

Meanings

1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of religion; religionlike.
   • Thus, regardless of whether these latent or precursive psychological qualities ever succeed in achieving formal religious identity, their religiouslike influence endures. 1992, Spero, Moshe HaLevi, Religious objects as psychological structures : a critical integration of object relations theory, psychotherapy and Judaism, page 6:
   • The religiouslike qualities of this love were no accident; they were deliberately signaled by many advice writers, evangelical and secular alike. 1994, American Cool - Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style, page 35:
   • The end result would be a population that no longer worshiped God but instead revered the Soviet system with religiouslike devotion. 2008, Froese, Paul, The plot to kill God : findings from the Soviet experiment in secularization, page 28:

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