Tartuffery
[tahr-too f-uh-ree, -too-fuh-]
- behavior or character of a Tartuffe, especially hypocritical piety.
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Origin of Tartuffery
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Related Words for tartuffery
affectation, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, double-dealing, duplicity, falsity, fraud, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, mockery, pharisaism, phoniness, pietismExamples from the Web for tartuffery
Historical Examples of tartuffery
Every nation has its own "Tartuffery," and calls that its virtue.
Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich Nietzsche