SANCTIMONY meaning: Self-righteousness, often hypocritically expressed

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sanctimony)

▸ noun: A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show.
▸ noun: much older meaning: a state of holiness

Opposite:

humility, modesty

Types:

holier-than-thou, holier-than-me, more...

Adjectives:

such, austere, religious, moral, certain, sacerdotal, much, deceptive, trivial, puritan, untimely

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