sanctimony
pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
Obsolete. sanctity; sacredness.
Origin of sanctimony
1Other words from sanctimony
- non·sanc·ti·mo·ny, noun
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How to use sanctimony in a sentence
Partly it’s the sanctimony, the assertion of personal freedom over any sense of public good.
I think there is a lot of sanctimony and politics being played in this.
Late-night hosts, TV pundits slam Cruz for taking ‘the world’s shortest spring break’ to Cancun | Teo Armus | February 19, 2021 | Washington PostThe legislature was out to get him, he raged with awe-inspiring sanctimony.
Harsh Prison Sentence Ends Blagojevich Circus | Michelle Cottle | December 8, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd far from defining him as an empty suit, it suggests he is one filled with both hubris and sanctimony.
She remained always allergic to sanctimony, impatient with convention, honest to the point of impropriety.
Humor has given way to humorlessness, sarcasm to sanctimony, irony to invective.
We at The Daily Beast seek to provide a counterweight to all this sanctimony.
There was upon his face an expression of extreme sanctimony, which was horribly repellent to the Major.
A Woman's Burden | Fergus HumeThe debate on the second reading was marked by a little brutality and much sanctimony.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) | John MorleyThe ecclesiastical93 monitor, from spur to plume a star of sanctimony, was called the chaplain.
The Army Mule and Other War Sketches | Henry A. CastleThe least that can be said is, that it invests the sanctimony of marriage with the air of an illicit amour.
Every respect is shown the memory of the deceased, but there is neither sanctimony nor suppressed sorrow at the funeral service.
Under Four Administrations | Oscar S. Straus
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