Definition of Scrupulosity

1. n. The quality or state of being scrupulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the fear of doing wrong or offending; nice regard to exactness and propriety; precision.

Definition of Scrupulosity

1. Noun. The property of being scrupulous. ¹

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Definition of Scrupulosity

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrupulosity

scrunty
scruple
scrupled
scrupleless
scrupler
scruplers
scruples
scrupling
scrupulist
scrupulists
scrupulize
scrupulized
scrupulizes
scrupulizing
scrupulosities
scrupulosity (current term)
scrupulous
scrupulously
scrupulousness
scrupulousnesses
scrutability
scrutable
scrutation
scrutations
scrutator
scrutin de liste
scrutin de liste system
scrutin uninomial system
scrutin uninominal voting system
scrutineer

Literary usage of Scrupulosity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"His scrupulosity therefore referred to the thing itself, not the word. But in this the learned Doctor followed Dion. ..."

2. Puritan and Anglican: Studies in Literature by Edward Dowden (1900)
"We perceive how his scrupulosity of conscience, his habit of balancing all the reasons for and against a course of conduct in some degree disqualified him ..."

3. Puritan and Anglican: Studies in Literature by Edward Dowden (1901)
"We perceive how his scrupulosity of conscience, his habit of balancing all the reasons for and against a course of conduct in some degree disqualified him ..."

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