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sanctimony
a hypocritical or feigned show of piety or moral superiority
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Questions about “sanctimony”
Sanctimony (noun) means a hypocritical or feigned show of piety or moral superiority
Here is sanctimony used in an example sentence: "His lecture on honesty dripped with a sanctimony that made the audience cringe."
Common synonyms for sanctimony include self-righteousness, hypocrisy, pietism.
Antonyms of sanctimony include humility, sincerity.
Sanctimony is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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