religious overtone

collocation in English

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religious
adjective
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/rɪˈlɪdʒ.əs/
relating ...
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overtone
noun[C]
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/ˈəʊ.və.təʊn/us
/ˈoʊ.vɚ.toʊn/
something that is suggested, but is not ...
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(Definition ofreligiousandovertonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreligious overtone

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He added areligiousovertone, asserting that his creatures were working for the fulfillment of the kingdom.
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Hakk ichiu, to bring the eight corners of the world under one roof, added areligiousovertoneto the theme.
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Is the ridicule directed against the dizzy genre of travel-pseudohistorical narration- or is it against the novel's particularreligiousovertone?
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The phrase is frequently used to describe a secular work, rewritten with areligiousovertone, or a secular topic recast in religious terms using metaphors and symbolism.
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Tensions over politics, economics and security are made worse by the religious overtones of these questions.
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There are some 30 to 40 armed conflicts going on around the world and many of these have religious overtones, as has already been mentioned.
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It is more accurate to see it as a racial and cultural clash with religious overtones.
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Some people try to use the escape hatch of saying that the problem is a religious one, but it is not, although there are substantial religious overtones.
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Residents celebrate all festivals without any religious overtones.
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Today, the word "godparent" does not always have explicitly religious overtones.
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Adding to some of the religious overtones are choral vocals in the background.
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His fiction often has religious overtones or motifs, particularly evident in characters who have no control over their actions.
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I tried actually to divorce myself from singing with religious overtones or aspects...
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To a lesser extent, the conflict acquired religious overtones.
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His poems were known for religious overtones with an emphasis on death and reunions with lost loved ones in the afterlife.
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The celebration, however, varies significantly across countries, with celebrations in some countries taking on, for example, more religious overtones than in others.
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State funerals usually include much pomp and ceremony as well as religious overtones and distinctive elements of military tradition.
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The new title carried religious overtones.
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