Home › Words › H › hyperreligiosityhyperreligiosityhyperreligiosity means an extreme religious mania sometimes associated with mental conditions.EtymologyFrom hyper- + religiosity.nounAn extreme religious mania sometimes associated with mental conditions.e.g.“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.” — 2008 May 13, David Brooks, “The Neural Buddhists”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.religiomania 76% match — Excessive interest in religion. vs hyperreligiosity →overreligious 74% match — Excessively religious. vs hyperreligiosity →superreligious 73% match — Extremely religious. vs hyperreligiosity →hieromania 66% match — religious frenzy vs hyperreligiosity →religiosity 65% match — The quality of being religious or pious, especially when zealous. vs hyperreligiosity →religiousy 61% match — Having a strongly religious aspect. vs hyperreligiosity →hyperorthodoxy 60% match — Excessive or extreme orthodoxy. vs hyperreligiosity →religiophobic 59% match — Afflicted with religiophobia. vs hyperreligiosity →