Sanctimoniousness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being sanctimonious. uncountable

    "This kind of smiling, bossy sanctimoniousness was a little too pervasive for Toby, especially among the female members of the sect."

  2. 2
    the quality of being hypocritically devout wordnet

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hypocrisycantfalse modestyfalsenessinsinceritylip service

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"This kind of smiling, bossy sanctimoniousness was a little too pervasive for Toby, especially among the female members of the sect."

Etymology

From sanctimonious + -ness.

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