scrupulosity
Americannoun
plural
scrupulositiesExample Sentences
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Finally, the coolest benefit of Scrupulosity Rooting is that it makes me so morally superior I’m freed up to take the occasional 20-second timeout and indulge in mindless fixations like: What are the immigration policies of Clippers Nation?
From Los Angeles Times
And really, when champions are enhanced or degraded by their RSVPs to White House invitations, I’m pretty sure Scrupulosity Rooting is “a thing,” maybe even bordering on “a syndrome.”
From Los Angeles Times
Another upside to Scrupulosity Rooting is how it allows for jumping on and off bandwagons.
From Los Angeles Times
There was no attempt to get to the bottom of what really happened, no rigor, no scrupulosity, no care for the actual event.
From The New Yorker
As a religious manifestation, compulsions spanned from “scrupulosity” — when prayer and adherence to what was perceived to be the will of God reached levels of madness — to cases of demonic possession, in which unclean thoughts relentlessly invaded otherwise God-fearing minds.
From Washington Post
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