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“One of his weaknesses is his sanctimoniousness,” says this person, who wished to remain anonymous.

So there's a time to be humble and a time to be indignant, sanctimoniousness, a scold, etc.

Dostum dismissed the anti-corruption sanctimoniousness in a classic sentence: “They are demanding unicorns in Kabul.”

They exhibit, in the same set phrases, the same large amount of somewhat obtrusive sanctimoniousness.

Others may call such jealous searchings of spirit “sanctimoniousness” and “enthusiasm.”

A woman prefers one measure of frivolity to nine measures of Pharisaic sanctimoniousness.

Such oily and voluble sanctimoniousness needed no modification to be fitted to appear before the footlights in satirical drama.

Thus the novel fires many a sanctimoniousness, makes lurid many a hesitating life.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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