religiouslike
adjEtymology From religious + -like.
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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:
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- 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: