sanctimoniousness
noun[U]
formaldisapprovinguk/ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs.nəs/us/ˌsæŋk.təˈmoʊ.ni.əs.nəs/aqualityofactingas if you aremorallybetterthanothers:
Ifoundhis sanctimoniousnessquiteirritating.
asenseofsmugsanctimoniousness
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sanctimonious
- If there is one thing thatkillscomedy, it's sanctimoniousness.
- Heaskedhisquestionswithdelightedsanctimoniousness.
- The magazine'smainfailureis sanctimoniousness.
Feeling morally superior
- claim
- claim the moral high groundidiom
- de haut en bas
- holier-than-thou
- judgmental
- judgmentally
- loftiness
- moralistic
- pearl-clutching
- preachy
- priggish
- righteously
- sanctimonious
- sanctimoniously
- self-righteous
- self-righteously
- superior
- superiority complex
- virtue signalling
- virtuous