sanctimoniousness

noun

Definition of sanctimoniousnessnext
as in affectation

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  1. affectation
  2. self-satisfaction
  3. dishonesty
  4. deception
  5. perfidy
  6. deceit
  7. pretension
  8. pretense
Noun
  • She’s doe-eyed and eager and preening with Grande adopting a mid-century affectation, à la Gloria Grahame in Oklahoma!
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Some have weird affectations that appear to have no actual purpose, some have extraordinary techniques few others can match.
    Nick Miller, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
Definition of affectation
Noun
  • Corporate leaders will be called upon to overcome self-satisfaction with progress made in the advancement of gender parity for women, especially those in senior and middle management.
    Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Megalopolis posits a world of clueless liberal self-satisfaction, missing every point of contemporary alertness to ongoing lawfare and sedition.
    Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of self-satisfaction
Noun
  • Cheating and deliberate misrepresentation/dishonesty were the moral dilemmas rated most negatively in the dataset—even more so than intentional harm.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
  • New Jersey Republican Assemblyman Erik Peterson went so far as to accuse federal officials of dishonesty.
    Steve Almasy, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of dishonesty
Noun
  • This democratization of deception tools means threats can come from anywhere—disgruntled employees, competitors or opportunistic individuals—not just sophisticated state actors or cybercrime rings.
    Joseph Ours, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Langenberg’s sharp slider and 92-94 mph fastball lead a five-pitch mix, and his low arm slot adds some deception.
    Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of deception
Noun
  • Those intrepid few who still clung to the belief that American perfidy shielded Duke’s players from true justice just had the rug pulled out from under them by Mangum herself.
    The Editors, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Putin inundates Ukraine’s airwaves with propaganda about the West’s perfidy, the West’s agonizingly slow and insufficient support of Ukraine, the West’s seeming willingness to bleed Ukraine as a proxy, Zelensky’s anti-democratic centralization of power, and the like.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of perfidy
Noun
  • Lies, deceit, infidelity, and the shape-shifting nature of truth, Wilder’s Witness for the Prosecution is infinitely rewatchable.
    Tomris Laffly, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This trait is also moderately linked to lower risk of personality disorders due to its association with prosocial behaviors and a low tendency toward deceit or exploitation.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of deceit
Noun
  • There were no pretensions of showmanship, no displays of braggadocio — just the hollow ringing of palms on goatskin.
    Taran Dugal, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The car comes equipped with the standard sensor suite for cars with pretensions to urban autonomy: lidars on the roof and around the front bumper, and radar and cameras just about everywhere else.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2016
Definition of pretension
Noun
  • In the most recent suit, filed Dec. 27 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, former patients accuse Brock of groping their breasts and genitals unnecessarily under the pretense of legitimate medical examinations.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Both Loughlin and Giannulli, 57, pleaded guilty last May to paying $500,000 in bribes to get Olivia Jade and Isabella fraudulently admitted to the University of Southern California on the pretense of being recruits for the school’s rowing team.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of pretense
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