What does pietistic mean?
Pietistic means pertaining to pietism (Lutheran spiritual movement).
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/pʌɪ.ɪˈtɪs.tɪk/ · adjective
pertaining to pietism (Lutheran spiritual movement).
Quite apart from all the pietistic [translating pietistischen] and mystical writers [...] we also encounter clear-sighted men averse to the fantastic who use this very inexplicability of the phenomena of dreams in their endeavours to support their religious belief in the existence and intervention of superhuman powers.
Hasidism was a pietistic devotional movement in which the relationship between Rebbe and disciple was of paramount importance.
Use pietistic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pietistic means pertaining to pietism (Lutheran spiritual movement).
Common synonyms include pious, sanctimonious, self-righteous, pharisaical.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Quite apart from all the pietistic [translating pietistischen] and mystical writers [...] we also encounter clear-sighted men averse to the fantastic who use this very inexplicability of the phenomena of dreams in their endeavours to support their religious belief in the existence and intervention of superhuman powers.
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