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sanctimony (noun)

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

  • sanctimony — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Middle French sanctimonie, from Latin sanctimonia, from sanctus Date: 1534 1. obsolete holiness 2. affected or hypocritical holiness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sanctimony — noun A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show …   Wiktionary

  • sanctimony — noun the quality of being hypocritically devout • Syn: ↑sanctimoniousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sanctimonious, ↑sanctimonious (for: ↑sanctimoniousness) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • sanctimony — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. self righteousness, hypocrisy, sanctimoniousness, pietism, *goody goody ness, pretense, affectation, *lip service. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A show or expression of feelings or beliefs one does not actually… …   English dictionary for students

  • sanctimony — /ˈsæŋktəməni/ (say sangktuhmuhnee) noun 1. pretended, affected, or hypocritical holiness or devoutness. 2. Obsolete sanctity; sacredness. {Latin sanctimōnia} …  

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

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

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

  • sanctimoniousness — noun the quality of being hypocritically devout • Syn: ↑sanctimony • Derivationally related forms: ↑sanctimonious (for: ↑sanctimony), ↑sanctimonious • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • hypocrisy — noun must politics be the perennial benchmark of hypocrisy? Syn: dissimulation, false virtue, cant, posturing, affectation, speciousness, empty talk, insincerity, falseness, deceit, dishonesty, mendacity, pretense, duplicity; sanctimoniousness,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

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