priggishness

• Существительное, обозначающее преувеличенное и высокомерное проявление благопристойности или морального превосходства.

A noun referring to an exaggerated and arrogant display of propriety or moral superiority.

uncountable

1. Exaggerated and arrogant propernessC1formal

   The quality of being excessively and self-righteously proper, moralistic, or strict in behavior, often in an irritating way.

   Чрезмерная и высокомерная правильность

   • His priggishness made him unpopular among his classmates.
   • She displayed a tiresome priggishness when correcting others' grammar.
   • The committee's priggishness prevented any creative ideas from being accepted.

   Synonymsmoralismpietismprimnessprudishnesspuritanismsanctimoniousnesssmugnessstuffiness

   Antonymsimmoralitylicentiousnessloosenesspermissiveness