hyperreligiosity

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hyper- +‎ religiosity

Noun[edit]

hyperreligiosity (uncountable)

  1. An extreme religious mania sometimes associated with mental conditions.
    • 2008 May 13, David Brooks, “The Neural Buddhists”, in New York Times[1]:
      If they suffer from temporal lobe epilepsy, they will show signs of hyperreligiosity, an overexcitement of the brain tissue that leads sufferers to believe they are conversing with God.