sanctimony

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French sanctimonie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sānctimōnia (“sanctity, sacredness; purity, chastity”), from sanctus (“holy”) + -monia (“action or result of an action”).

Noun

sanctimony (countable and uncountable, plural sanctimonies)

1. A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show.

Translations

a hypocritical form of excessive piety

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假仁假義／假仁假义 (zh) (jiǎrénjiǎyì), 假仁假义 (zh) (jiǎrénjiǎyì)

• Finnish: tekopyhyys (fi)
• French: tartuferie (fr) f
• Irish: beannaíocht f, bréagchrábhadh m
• Italian: santimonia (it) f
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• Japanese: 聖人ぶること (seijin buru koto)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skinnhellighet m or f

• Polish: świętoszkowatość (pl) f, fałszywa pobożność f
• Russian: ха́нжество (ru) n (xánžestvo)

See also

• self-righteous
• phony
• holier-than-thou
• virtue signalling