hyperreligiosity
nounEtymology From hyper- + religiosity.
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An extreme religious mania sometimes associated with mental conditions.
- If they suffer from temporal lobe epilepsy, they will show signs of hyperreligiosity, an overexcitement of the brain tissue that leads sufferers to believe they are conversing with God.2008 May 13, David Brooks, “The Neural Buddhists”, in New York Times: