Usually means: Self-righteous display of moral superiority.
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  1. sanctimoniousness: Merriam-Webster
  2. sanctimoniousness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sanctimoniousness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sanctimoniousness: Vocabulary.com
  5. sanctimoniousness: Wordnik
  6. sanctimoniousness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. sanctimoniousness: Wiktionary
  8. sanctimoniousness: Dictionary.com
  9. sanctimoniousness: Rhymezone
  10. sanctimoniousness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. sanctimoniousness: FreeDictionary.org
  12. sanctimoniousness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. sanctimoniousness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The property of being sanctimonious.

Similar:
sanctimony, sanctitude, unsanctimoniousness, saintliness, sanctifiableness, sanctity, sacrosanctness, ostentatiousness, sacrosanctity, saintism, more...

Opposite:
sincerity, authenticity, honesty

Types:
self-righteousness, holier-than-thou, smugness, piousness, self-satisfaction, more...

Adjectives:
hypocritical, pharisaic, desperate, such, much, great, certain, masked, religious, outward, hollow

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Similar:
sanctimony, sanctitude, unsanctimoniousness, saintliness, sanctifiableness, sanctity, sacrosanctness, ostentatiousness, sacrosanctity, saintism, more...

Opposite:
sincerity, authenticity, honesty

Types:
self-righteousness, holier-than-thou, smugness, piousness, self-satisfaction, more...

Adjectives:
hypocritical, pharisaic, desperate, such, much, great, certain, masked, religious, outward, hollow



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