Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pietism
2 senses of pietism
Sense 1
Pietism -- (17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion)
=> religious movement -- (a movement intended to bring about religious reforms)
Sense 2
religiosity, religionism, religiousism, pietism -- (exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal)
=> devoutness, religiousness -- (piety by virtue of being devout)