quasi-religious
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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“But because of the quasi-religious meaning of May 9, he also cannot not have the parade.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
You write this in your new book, Memory and Authority: “A distinctive feature of American constitutional culture is its quasi-religious veneration of its framers and founders.”
From Slate • May 8, 2024
With so much money riding on the promise of AI advances, it’s no surprise that AGI is also becoming a corporate buzzword that sometimes attracts a quasi-religious fervor.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024
But it was also a way to get closer to the movie itself, to assume the kind of quasi-religious posture that cinema at its most rapturous can inspire.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2021
That their fraternity engaged in quasi-religious chanting and oath taking and hosanna hailing, all of it top secret, made it that much more appealing.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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