sanctimony [
'sæŋktimәni]
n. 假装的圣人气派, 假装的虔诚, 道貌岸然
sanctimony[ noun ]
the quality of being hypocritically devout
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Sanctimony \Sanc"ti*mo*ny\, n. [L. sanctimonia, fr. sanctus
holy: cf. OF. sanctimonie. See {Saint}.]
Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity;
especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or
pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness.
Her pretense is a pilgrimage; . . . which holy
undertaking with most austere sanctimony she
accomplished. --Shak.
- The issue is actually less about sanctity than sanctimony.