overreligion

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noun

Excessive religion or religiousness.

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Meanings

nounoverreligion (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcessive religion or religiousness.

    This conflict between overreligion and 'space that permits light, shadow, inquiry and beauty,' came to a head for me one Sunday when I was confronted at the end of the service by a very attractive woman with a young daughter in tow, who asked if she could join our church — she and her partner!

    2012, Ian Stackhouse, Primitive Piety

Origin

From over- + religion.

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APA

overreligion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overreligion

MLA

“overreligion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overreligion. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overreligion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overreligion.

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