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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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scrupulosity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrupulosity
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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