sanctimoniousness

  • 81righteousness — n 1. blamelessness, goodness, virtuousness, holiness, saintliness, nobleness, honor, rep utability, faithfulness; purity, innocence, virtue, honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, morality, uprightness, incorruptibility, decency; scrupulousness …

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  • 82sanctimony — n pietism, sanctimoniousness, Tartuf fery, formalism, hypocrisy, Pharisaism, phariseeism; false piety, excessive piety, religiosity; self righteousness, Inf. goody goodiness, Inf. goodiness; cant, lip service, mouth honor, mealy mouthedness;… …

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  • 83un — un·abridged; un·accountable; un·answered; un·aware; un·balance; un·be; un·believe; un·bending; un·blown; un·bolted; un·bound; un·cal·low; un·certain; un·cial; un·ci·form; un·cle; un·clean·ly; un·co; un·collectible; un·comely; un·common;… …

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  • 84unsanctimoniousness — un·sanctimoniousness …

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  • 85sanctimonious — UK [ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊnɪəs] / US [ˌsæŋktəˈmoʊnɪəs] adjective showing disapproval used for describing someone who tries to show that they have better moral or religious principles than other people I was aware even as I spoke how sanctimonious I sounded …

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  • 86Pharisaism — Phar•i•sa•ism [[t]ˈfær ə seɪˌɪz əm[/t]] also Phar•i•see•ism [[t] siˌɪz əm[/t]] n. 1) jud the principles and practices of the Pharisees 2) jud (l.c.) pharisaic character, behavior, or practice; sanctimoniousness Phar′i•sa•ist, adj …

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  • 87sanctimonious — /sæŋktəˈmoʊniəs / (say sangktuh mohneeuhs) adjective 1. making a show of holiness; affecting sanctity. 2. Obsolete holy; sacred. {sanctimony + ous} –sanctimoniously, adverb –sanctimoniousness, noun …

  • 88cant — [n1] hypocritical statement affected piety, deceit, dishonesty, humbug, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, insincerity, lip service*, pecksniffery, pharisaicalness, pious platitudes, pomposity, pretense, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony,… …

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  • 89hypocrisy — [n] deceitfulness, pretense affectation, bad faith*, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud, glibness, imposture, insincerity,… …

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  • 90sanctimonious — ► ADJECTIVE derogatory ▪ making a show of being morally superior. DERIVATIVES sanctimoniously adverb sanctimoniousness noun sanctimony noun. ORIGIN from Latin sanctimonia sanctity …

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