rectitudinous

adjective

Definition of rectitudinousnext
as in pious

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectitudinous
  1. pious
  2. moralistic
  3. sanctimonious
  4. mechanical
  5. hypocritical
  6. double
  7. unnatural
  8. pharisaical
Adjective
  • But the overall picture of religious infighting in 1640s Britain is essential to understanding how some people, especially poorer folk and especially women, found themselves on the wrong side of powerful, pious opponents.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Romania is one of the most pious countries in the European Union, with around 85% of the population identifying as religious.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of pious
Adjective
  • Thou Shalt Not Steal, which launches on October 6, is a coming-of-age, roadtrip, moralistic odyssey about the lies people tell themselves and each other.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
  • If the senator’s moralism has been unfettered by his stroke, with a shift toward right-brain moralistic processing, that does not diminish his sincere intent or its effect.
    — Michael P.H. Stanley, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of moralistic
Adjective
  • Still laughing, though, at sanctimonious Yankees fans believing baseball is somehow unfair to the poor, gutty Yankees.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The thing is, McEnany, co-creator Tim Mason, and a team of executive producers that included Lilly Wachowski as well as Sweeney immediately subvert any expectation of a sanctimonious or self-serious exploration of identity.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of sanctimonious
Adjective
  • In those environments, workers are forced to absorb the mechanical friction that the system failed to accommodate.
    — Allan Malcolm, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Traditionally, shrinking these grains required violent mechanical force.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of mechanical
Adjective
  • Californian Fred Karger, who made history in 2012 as the first openly gay person to run for president, had mixed views about the ad, calling it shrewd yet hypocritical.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Some churches have rightly been accused of being partisan, hypocritical and discriminatory toward women and minorities.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of hypocritical
Adjective
  • But this is an album that’s apparently about the artist’s double life, and the questions that are bound to be at the forefront of any curious listener’s mind go unaddressed.
    — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
  • To [React with exaggerated surprise] is to DO A DOUBLE TAKE — as in, to take out double letters (not consecutive ones, mind you).
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of double
Adjective
  • The California Department of Public Health said animals with rabies will often have strange or unnatural behavior.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Generated by an internal large language model (LLM), OpenAI’s proof relies on an approach that many experts find unnatural.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of unnatural
Adjective
  • Although he was noted for being supremely humble, our Way-shower, Christ Jesus, took strong antagonistic grounds against harsh pharisaical doctrine.
    — Jan Keeler Vincent, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Lists are no substitute for criticism, but those who take them as inimical to criticism are pharisaical.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2022
Definition of pharisaical
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“Rectitudinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectitudinous. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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