Usually means: Hypocrisy under guise of morality.
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  4. pecksniffianism: Dictionary.com
  5. Pecksniffianism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Synonym of Pecksniffery

Similar:
Pecksniffism, pickyness, pedanticness, Spockery, Pinkerton syndrome, pimpery, inkhornism, pedantics, lexiphanicism, physicking, more...

Opposite:
genuineness, authenticity, sincerity

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Similar:
Pecksniffism, pickyness, pedanticness, Spockery, Pinkerton syndrome, pimpery, inkhornism, pedantics, lexiphanicism, physicking, more...

Opposite:
genuineness, authenticity, sincerity



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