Usually means: Deception under guise of virtue.
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  1. Tartuffery, Tartuffery: Merriam-Webster
  2. tartuffery: Wiktionary
  3. Tartuffery: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. tartuffery: Dictionary.com
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Definitions from Wiktionary (tartuffery)

▸ noun:  religious hypocrisy

Similar:
tartuffism, tartufism, patchery, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, hypocriticality, trickery, humbuggery, hipocrisy, charlatanism, more...

Opposite:
sincerity, honesty, authenticity

Types:
deception, dishonesty, fraud, trickery, cheating, lying, more...

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Similar:
tartuffism, tartufism, patchery, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, hypocriticality, trickery, humbuggery, hipocrisy, charlatanism, more...

Opposite:
sincerity, honesty, authenticity

Types:
deception, dishonesty, fraud, trickery, cheating, lying, more...



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