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Sanctimoniousness
see synonyms of sanctimoniousnessNoun
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Sanctimoniousness
see synonyms of sanctimoniousnessadjective
affecting piety or making a display of holiness
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Sanctimoniousness
see synonyms of sanctimoniousness adjective
pretending to be very holy or pious; affecting sanctity or righteousness
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Sanctimoniousness
see synonyms of sanctimoniousnessadj.
1. Behaving with sanctimony: a sanctimonious politician who was proven to be a hypocrite.
2. Characterized by sanctimony: "The history we brandish as a light to nations is largely a sanctimonious tissue of myth and self-infatuation" (Benjamin Schwartz).
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