pietistic

Questions about pietistic

What does pietistic mean?

pietistic means "of or relating to Pietism". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pietistic?

pietistic has 3 syllables: pie-ti-stic. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for pietistic?

Close synonyms include pietistical, holier-than-thou, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pietistic a common word?

pietistic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.