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religiouslike

religiouslike adjective: resembling or characteristic of religion; religionlike.

Adjective

religiouslike (comparative more religiouslike, superlative most religiouslike)

  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

Forms of religiouslike

comparativemore religiouslike
superlativemost religiouslike

Origin of religiouslike

From religious + -like.

Questions about religiouslike

What does religiouslike mean?
Religiouslike means resembling or characteristic of religion; religionlike.
What part of speech is religiouslike?
Religiouslike is an adjective.

Words near religiouslike in the dictionary

  1. religious texts
  2. religious toleration
  3. religious tourism
  4. Religious Zionism
  5. religiouses
  6. religiouslike
  7. religiously
  8. religiousness
  9. religiousnesses
  10. religiousy
  11. religism

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