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sanctimoniousness
synonyms for sanctimoniousness
- affectation
- bigotry
- cant
- casuistry
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- display
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- falsity
- fraud
- glibness
- imposture
- insincerity
- irreverence
- lie
- mockery
- pietism
- quackery
- sanctimony
- speciousness
- unctuousness
- bad faith
- false profession
- lip service
- pharisaicalness
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- tartuffery
- two-facedness
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How to use sanctimoniousness in a sentence
“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.
The Dos and Don'ts of Confessing Affairs | The Daily Beast Video | December 2, 2009 | THE DAILY BEASTDostum 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.
Leading Articles on Various Subjects | Hugh MillerOthers may call such jealous searchings of spirit “sanctimoniousness” and “enthusiasm.”
The Mind of Jesus | John R. MacduffA 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.
Hawthorne and His Circle | Julian HawthorneThus the novel fires many a sanctimoniousness, makes lurid many a hesitating life.
A Novelist on Novels | W. L. George
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