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SANCTIMONY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being hypocritically devout
Synonyms:
sanctimoniousness; sanctimony
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sanctimony" is a kind of...):
hypocrisy (insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have)
Derivation:
sanctimonious (excessively or hypocritically pious)
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