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Meaning of Sanctimonious in English

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Sanctimonious

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Adjective

1. holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous

excessively or hypocritically pious

Example Sentences:
'a sickening sanctimonious smile'

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Sanctimonious

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adjective
affecting piety or making a display of holiness

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Sanctimonious

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adjective
pretending to be very holy or pious; affecting sanctity or righteousness

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Sanctimonious

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adj.
1. Behaving with sanctimony: a sanctimonious politician who was proven to be a hypocrite.
2. Characterized by sanctimony: "The history we brandish as a light to nations is largely a sanctimonious tissue of myth and self-infatuation" (Benjamin Schwartz).

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