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Sanctimonious

//ˌsæŋk.tɪˈmoʊ.ni.əs// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.

    "Near-synonyms: smug; see also Thesaurus:arrogant"

  2. 2
    Holy, devout. archaic
Adjective
  1. 1
    excessively or hypocritically pious wordnet

Etymology

From sanctimony + -ous.

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