sanctimoniousness
Example Sentences
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B his heated response comes across with more than a whiff of sanctimoniousness, as if enjoying “that area” is simply beyond his comprehension.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2016
The notes, he wrote, quoting from them, make it clear that Lead Belly “ ‘early decided that he preferred frankness, flesh and the devil to sanctimoniousness without a guitar.’ ”
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2015
By 1924, Virginia Woolf was complaining about the stuffy, intellectualized sanctimoniousness of those books.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2014
She seems restricted by the sanctimoniousness of the role.
From Time • Nov. 29, 2
As cant is hypocrisy in utterance, so sanctimoniousness is hypocrisy in appearance, as in looks, tones, etc.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
