What is sanctimoniousness - Sesli Sözlük

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Definition of sanctimoniousness in English English dictionary: {i} self-righteousness, hypocritical devoutness, quality of pretending to be pious; the quality of being hypocritically devout; The property of being sanctimonious
sanctimonious: Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious
sanctimonious: making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety
sanctimonious: {a} appearing holy, faintly, devout
Sanctimonious: sanctimonial
sanctimonious: {s} self-righteous, pretending to be pious
sanctimonious: Holy, devout
sanctimonious: Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious
sanctimonious: hypocritically pious
sanctimonious: Making a show of being morally better than others
sanctimonious: Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly
sanctimonious: excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile"
sanctimonious: disapproval If you say that someone is sanctimonious, you disapprove of them because you think that they are trying to appear morally better than other people. He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish = self-righteous. behaving as if you are morally better than other people, in a way that is annoying - used to show disapproval (sanctimony (16-21 centuries), from sanctimonia , from sanctus; SAINT)

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