sanctimony
noun
sanc·ti·mo·ny
ˈsaŋ(k)-tə-ˌmō-nē 
plural sanctimonies
1
obsolete
: holiness
2
: affected or hypocritical holiness
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And Joe Biden’s sanctimony and moralizing seem less jarring when Americans recall that Carter until recently continued to teach a Sunday school class in his home church in Plains, Ga.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Such sanctimony to think the Gators are positioned to take up Saban's mantle.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 10 May 2024
This is the Russia—and the Russians—that Obama inherited in 2009: prideful, angry, and in no mood for the sanctimony that came with the new administration’s stress on democracy promotion.
—Robert David English, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2017
Though Europe and America responded with sanctions and sanctimony, the Kremlin was able to thwart Ukraine’s aspirations for ascension to the European Union and force the West to acknowledge Russia’s opinion on geopolitical affairs.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Such sanctimony to think the Gators are positioned to take up Saban's mantle.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 10 May 2024
This is the Russia—and the Russians—that Obama inherited in 2009: prideful, angry, and in no mood for the sanctimony that came with the new administration’s stress on democracy promotion.
—Robert David English, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2017
Though Europe and America responded with sanctions and sanctimony, the Kremlin was able to thwart Ukraine’s aspirations for ascension to the European Union and force the West to acknowledge Russia’s opinion on geopolitical affairs.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Sanctimony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanctimony. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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