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rituals

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for rituals.

Editorial note

It's only because you bring your own bias of what a ritual is that you don't view bathroom rituals as a ritual.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

an American soap opera that aired in first-run syndication from September 10, 1984, to September 6, 1985.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rituals gathered in one view.

N

an American soap opera that aired in first-run syndication from September 10, 1984, to September 6, 1985.

N

an album of contemporary classical music by American avant-garde composer John Zorn.

N

a 1980 novel by Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rituals.

N

an American soap opera that aired in first-run syndication from September 10, 1984, to September 6, 1985.

N

an album of contemporary classical music by American avant-garde composer John Zorn.

N

a 1980 novel by Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom.

N

the second studio album by British electropop band Fenech-Soler.

Example sentences

1

It's only because you bring your own bias of what a ritual is that you don't view bathroom rituals as a ritual.

2

With the ideal of brotherhood, common ideology and their rituals (think about the International Workers' Day March).

3

And even rituals might be good, as long as the participants don't regard them as time-wasting bullshit.

4

> but a bathroom is a bathroom, and the activities therein are not rituals.

5

I gather a bathroom might look like a shrine to the unfamiliar anthropologist, but a bathroom is a bathroom, and the activities therein are not rituals.

6

On rituals: One user over at Less Wrong wrote a couple of posts[1][2] on designing ritual, and associated value and dangers.

7

They presented the KKK as an organization of ridiculous people with silly and stupid rituals, and it greatly hurt the KKK.

8

Mallard ducks have violent mating rituals, human power is wasted trying to change that.

9

You'd think a religion that doesn't reinforce its importance with obtrusive rituals wouldn't survive but here it is alive and kicking ass.

10

The vast majority of the population are Catholic so life revolves around Catholic rituals, whether we like it or not.

11

I wonder if some of those rituals have been rendered obsolete by improvements to the quality of components and materials.

12

Marriage should be handled as religious rituals and nothing state-related at all.

Quote examples

1

On the same topic, but contrary to what you are saying, organized secularism with rituals, values, expectations may only draw out this natural propensity towards "religion" in people even further.

2

I think he meant more along the lines of "having a wedding" or "having a funeral" than "sacrificing a cow" (but pardon my ignorance of Catholic rituals).

3

I think some people become less religious for two additional reasons as well: "shared values" and "rituals." A set of shared values is nice until it fails to change in response to changes in the values of individuals.

Proper noun examples

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Rituals, let's just call them recurrent events, are a great way to bring people together.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use rituals in a sentence?

It's only because you bring your own bias of what a ritual is that you don't view bathroom rituals as a ritual.

What does rituals mean?

an American soap opera that aired in first-run syndication from September 10, 1984, to September 6, 1985.

What part of speech is rituals?

rituals is commonly used as N.