sanctimony
[ sangk-tuh-moh-nee ]
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR SANCTIMONY
The least that can be said is, that it invests the sanctimony of marriage with the air of an illicit amour.
The ecclesiastical93 monitor, from spur to plume a star of sanctimony, was called the chaplain.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR SANCTIMONY
- affectation
- bad faith
- bigotry
- cant
- casuistry
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- display
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- false profession
- falsity
- fraud
- glibness
- imposture
- insincerity
- irreverence
- lie
- lip service
- mockery
- pharisaicalness
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- pietism
- quackery
- sanctimoniousness
- sanctimony
- speciousness
- tartuffery
- unctuousness
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