SANCTIMONY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being hypocritically devout

Synonyms:

sanctimoniousness; sanctimony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sanctimony" is a kind of...):

hypocrisy (insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have)

Derivation:

sanctimonious (excessively or hypocritically pious)

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