scrupulosity
scrupulosity noun: the property of being scrupulous; excessive attention to scruples.
Noun
scrupulosity (countable and uncountable, plural scrupulosities)
- The property of being scrupulous; excessive attention to scruples.
- So then the whole scripture of God, being true, whence soever this be delivered and gathered, it skilleth not: And it is of us to be taken without curious scrupulosity, as sacred and undoubted scripture, seeing it was written by the holy apostle, into whom the holy Ghost was inspired, as is...1592, Richard Turnbull, An Exposition upon the Canonicall Epistle of Saint Jude, London: John Windet, Sermon 5, p. 67
- Age looks with anger on the temerity of youth, and youth with contempt on the scrupulosity of age.1759, Samuel Johnson, chapter 26, in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
- Synonyms:
- scrupulousness
- A mental disorder, generally considered a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), characterized by excessive concern with moral or religious matters
Synonyms of scrupulosity
Forms of scrupulosity
| plural | scrupulosities |
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Origin of scrupulosity
From scrupulo(u)s + -ity, from Latin scrupulositas.
Questions about scrupulosity
- What does scrupulosity mean?
- Scrupulosity means the property of being scrupulous; excessive attention to scruples.
- What part of speech is scrupulosity?
- Scrupulosity is a noun.
- What is the plural of scrupulosity?
- The plural of scrupulosity is scrupulosities.
Words near scrupulosity in the dictionary
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