hyperreligiosity

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ religiosity

Noun

hyperreligiosity (uncountable)

  1. An extreme religious mania sometimes associated with mental conditions.
    • 2008 May 13, David Brooks, “The Neural Buddhists”, in New York Times‎:
      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.
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