What's the difference between devoutness and religiosity?
Devoutness
Definition:
(n.) Quality or state of being devout.
Example Sentences:
(1) Could a devout Muslim be a wholehearted supporter of Ukip?
(2) Until she was 14 or so Clare was just as devout, going to mass each morning, joining the Legion of Mary, visiting old ladies.
(3) Bae, a Washington state resident described by friends as a devout Christian and a tour operator, is at least the sixth American detained in North Korea since 2009.
(4) Trump did seem to recognize that no one would mistake him for a devout evangelical.
(5) Given, for example, that over half of them have identified as devout, it is hard to imagine what would have persuaded the 11 peers behind an anti-Falconer paper, An Analysis of the Assisted Dying Bill , to look kindly upon its provisions, but the document constructs an ostensibly faith-free, "clear-thinking" case against, which is nonetheless replete with routine frighteners and selective misrepresentation.
(6) Although a devout Muslim herself, my mother expressed the opinion, during my last visit to Egypt, that it was about time that Muslim countries stopped regarding every new born as a default Muslim.
(7) Hernández, 27 – who contracted Zika in September but was also told it was an allergy – is a devout Catholic and opposes abortion in any circumstance.
(8) But such an idea is not part of "sex education" and remains a heresy for those of faith, though the secular belief in this idea too is fairly devout.
(9) He says his mother was devout: It doesn't matter what comes in life, you can always turn to the Lord.
(10) A devout Christian, Bae has acknowledged he conducted religious services in North Korea, which has long been hostile to Westerners advocating religious causes.
(11) Local community members described both men as calm, gentle figures who kept to themselves and were deeply devout.
(12) Billboards and placards sprang up around Egypt, showing him not in his familiar uniform but in a tracksuit, polo shirt or smart suit, with a discreet prayer bruise – a mark cultivated by some devout men by pressing their foreheads hard to the ground during prayer – calculated to set housewives’ hearts aflutter.
(13) A devout Christian and father of four, Jones, who marketed Google's services to prospective clients, said that tax officials had interviewed him and taken interest in his evidence.
(14) Religiosity is high among Egyptians of all political stripes – but many of the most devout wish the Brotherhood (as well as the ultra-orthodox Salafist groups to their right) would leave people to interpret religion in their own way.
(15) Still, in the eyes of many US Latinos, Pope Francis (or “Panchito” as one devout follower lovingly calls him ) is the real deal, and is having a decided effect.
(16) Devout Muslims consider it a sacrilege for infidels to depose a Muslim tyrant and occupy Muslim lands — no matter how well intentioned the infidels or malevolent the tyrant.
(17) But Kazan was a devout heterosexual, and a director of the new breed that needed to find himself in the work.
(18) At a gathering of potential voters in the small town of Northfield, Santorum barely mentioned his devout Catholic faith or the usual hot-button social conservative issues of gay marriage and abortion.
(19) In fact, he'd probably say something similar himself, seeing as he is – as you may have heard – a devout Scientologist and, as well as believing things such as that the only reason people follow any religions other than Scientology is because 75 billion years ago their souls were brainwashed after being forced to watch a "three-D, super colossal motion picture" for 36 days (and to be fair to Scientology, that does sound like my idea of hell), Scientologists claim that a person is not a person but, in fact, an extraterrestrial, or thetan.
(20) "As the Japan manager is a devout Unitarian I wondered if religious beliefs influence tatics," writes Ian Copestake.
Religiosity
Definition:
(n.) The quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment; religiousness.
Example Sentences:
(1) This search represents movement beyond the significance of infantile wish-fulfillment aspects of religiosity toward the broader domain of ego functioning and quality of object relations.
(2) The possible influences of gender and religiosity on sexual behavior and attitudes, in the context of Northern Ireland, are discussed.
(3) While degree of religiosity and attainment of good school grades were inversely related to frequent and heavier use of alcohol among nonblack students, they were not related to patterns of alcohol use by black students.
(4) This paper begins with an analysis of an important subset of these studies--those 27 which operationalize 'religiosity' as religious attendance--and which, taken as a whole, point to a consistent salutary effect for frequent attendance.
(5) Attitudes towards mild and severe mental handicap were examined, as well as whether these attitudes are influenced by social class, sex, religiosity, and order of questionnaire presentation.
(6) The preliminary results of this research project support earlier findings that religiosity does not change significantly as one ages, although there is a trend in the results that suggests otherwise.
(7) Reasonable levels of social stability, a lack of significant psychopathology, and signs of religiosity and authoritarianism have also been shown to characterize those who affiliate with AA.
(8) Religiosity had no effect on any of the dependent variables.
(9) Differences between groups in religiosity and socialization were found.
(10) Religiosity is high among Egyptians of all political stripes – but many of the most devout wish the Brotherhood (as well as the ultra-orthodox Salafist groups to their right) would leave people to interpret religion in their own way.
(11) Effects of counselor's profanity and subject's religiosity on acquisition of lecture content and behavioral compliance were investigated.
(12) In a multiple logistic model, the following possible predictors of CHD were included: age, cigarette smoking, use of alcohol, exercise, religiosity, years of education, hypertension, diabetes, family history of CHD, body mass index, lipid and lipoprotein variables.
(13) Views of spirituality from multiple disciplines are discussed to illustrate the diversity of the phenomenon and contrast views that primarily emphasize religiosity and psychosocial factors.
(14) Alienation and attitudes toward African-Americans, women, and homosexuals were not influenced by gender or religiosity.
(15) A questionnaire designed to measure contraceptive knowledge, self-esteem and religiosity was administered to 28 pregnant, unmarried adolescents and to 31 unmarried, never-pregnant, adolescent contraceptive users.
(16) Findings for this sample indicate that intensity of religious commitment is a potentially more meaningful measure of religiosity than is formal church membership, that intensity of religious commitment tends to vary inversely with the extent of ILTB observed for the patient, and that "stigma avoidance" may play a role in the tendency for certain religious affiliates to make more extensive use of ILTB.
(17) These two groups reported that before the age of 20 a relatively small difference in religiosity existed but by old age this difference had become substantial.
(18) The hypothesis stating a positive relationship of high religiosity and good adjustment was not confirmed.
(19) Much research has indicated that age, gender, grade in school, religiosity, socioeconomic status, and involvement in extracurricular activities are all related to adolescent alcohol use.
(20) The effect of religiosity on suicide ideation is independent of education, gender, marital status, and age.