pietism

English Thesaurus

1. exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	devoutness, religiousness,
definition	:	piety by virtue of being devout (noun.attribute)

2. 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion (noun.group)

hypernym	:	religious movement,
definition	:	a movement intended to bring about religious reforms (noun.group)

domain region	:	deutschland, federal republic of germany, frg, germany,
definition	:	a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 (noun.location)

3. exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	religionist,
definition	:	a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot (noun.person)

derivation	:	holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous,
definition	:	excessively or hypocritically pious (adj.all)

derivation	:	religious, spiritual,
definition	:	concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church (adj.all)

4. 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion (noun.group)

derivation	:	pietistic, pietistical,
definition	:	of or relating to Pietism (adj.pert)

5. exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	religionist,
definition	:	a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot (noun.person)

derivation	:	holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous,
definition	:	excessively or hypocritically pious (adj.all)

derivation	:	religious, spiritual,
definition	:	concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church (adj.all)

6. 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion (noun.group)

derivation	:	pietistic, pietistical,
definition	:	of or relating to Pietism (adj.pert)