Hyperreligiosity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An extreme religious mania sometimes associated with mental conditions. uncountable

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From hyper- + religiosity.

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