sanctimony

sanctimony
Synonyms and related words:
Pecksniffery, Quakerishness, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, bibliolatry, cant, censoriousness, charismatic gift, charismatic movement, charismatic renewal, demureness, demurity, empty gesture, false modesty, false piety, fanaticism, gift of tongues, glossolalia, hideboundness, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, lip service, mauvaise honte, mealymouthedness, mouthing, mummery, narrowness, oiliness, ostentatious devotion, overdevoutness, overmodesty, overpiousness, overreligiousness, overrighteousness, overzealousness, pecksniffery, pentecostalism, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanicalness, religiosity, revival, revivalism, sanctimoniousness, smugness, snuffling, soft soap, stiff-neckedness, straitlacedness, stuffiness, sweet talk, tokenism, unctuousness, zeal, zealotism, zealotry, zealousness

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  • Sanctimony — Основная информация …   Википедия

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  • Sanctimony — Sanc ti*mo*ny, n. [L. sanctimonia, fr. sanctus holy: cf. OF. sanctimonie. See {Saint}.] Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sanctimony — est un téléfilm canado germano américain réalisé par Uwe Boll et diffusé en 2000 à la télévision. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Lien externe …   Wikipédia en Français

  • sanctimony — index hypocrisy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • sanctimony — (n.) 1530s, from O.Fr. sanctimonie, from L. sanctimonia sacredness (see SANCTIMONIOUS (Cf. sanctimonious)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • sanctimony — *hypocrisy, Pharisaism, cant Analogous words: pretending or pretense, simulation, feigning, counterfeiting, affecting or affectation (see corresponding verbs at ASSUME): enthusiasm, zealotry, fanaticism (see nouns at ENTHUSIAST) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • sanctimony — [saŋk′tə mō΄nē] n. [OFr sanctimonie < L sanctimonia < sanctus, holy: see SAINT] 1. affected piety or righteousness; religious hypocrisy 2. obs. var. of SANCTITY …   English World dictionary

  • sanctimony — sanctimonious ► ADJECTIVE derogatory ▪ making a show of being morally superior. DERIVATIVES sanctimoniously adverb sanctimoniousness noun sanctimony noun. ORIGIN from Latin sanctimonia sanctity …   English terms dictionary

  • sanctimony — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Middle French sanctimonie, from Latin sanctimonia, from sanctus Date: 1534 1. obsolete holiness 2. affected or hypocritical holiness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sanctimony — /sangk teuh moh nee/, n. 1. pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc. 2. Obs. sanctity; sacredness. [1530 40; < L sanctimonia holiness. See SANCTUS, MONY] * * * …   Universalium

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