sanctimoniousness

sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uh s]
- /ˌsæŋk təˈmoʊ ni əs/
- /ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊnjəsnəs /

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uh s]
- /ˌsæŋk təˈmoʊ ni əs/

Definitions of sanctimoniousness word

adjective sanctimoniousness making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America. 1
adjective sanctimoniousness Obsolete. holy; sacred. 1

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Origin of sanctimoniousness

First appearance:

before 1595

One of the 38% oldest English words

First recorded in 1595-1605; sanctimony + -ous

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Parts of speech for Sanctimoniousness

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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sanctimoniousness popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for sanctimoniousness

noun sanctimoniousness

bad faith — intention to deceive; treachery or dishonesty (esp in the phrase in bad faith)
dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
glibness — readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
cant — a salient angle.

All 6 Synonyms of sanctimoniousness

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