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sanctimoniousness

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sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous  (sngkt-mn-s)
adj.
Feigning piety or righteousness: "a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg that looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity" (Mark Twain).
sancti·moni·ous·ly adv.
sancti·moni·ous·ness n.
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Noun1.sanctimoniousness - the quality of being hypocritically devout
sanctimony
hypocrisy - insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
Translations
sanctimoniousness [ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊnɪəsnɪs] N → mojigatería f, santurronería f
sanctimoniousness
n → frömmlerisches Wesen; the sanctimoniousness of his remarks → seine frömmlerischen Bemerkungen
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