At its best[…] “The Newsroom” has a wit, sophistication and manic energy that recalls James L. Brooks’s classic movie “Broadcast News.” But at its worst, the show chokes on its own sanctimony.
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Sanctimony
//ˈsæŋk.tɪˌmoʊ.ni//
Synonyms for "sanctimony" (70 found)
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28 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- رياء noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Bulgarian
1 entries- престорена набожност noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Catalan
1 entries- fariseisme noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 假仁假義 /假仁假义 noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Danish
1 entries- skinhellighed noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Finnish
1 entries- tekopyhyys noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
French
1 entries- tartuferie noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Galician
1 entries- beataría noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
German
2 entries- Frömmelei noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
- Scheinheiligkeit noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Hungarian
4 entries- kenetteljesség noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
- szemforgatás noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
- szenteskedés noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
- álszenteskedés noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Irish
2 entries- beannaíocht noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
- bréagchrábhadh noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Italian
1 entries- santimonia noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Japanese
1 entries- 聖人ぶること noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skinnhellighet noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Polish
4 entries- bigoteria noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
- dewocja noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
- świętojebliwość noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
- świętoszkostwo noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Russian
1 entries- ха́нжество noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
Spanish
3 entries- beatería noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
- gazmoñería noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
- santurronería noun (a hypocritical form of excessive piety)
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