sanctimony

• Nom désignant une piété ou une dévotion affectée et hypocrite, une fausse vertu ostentatoire. Qualité de celui qui affiche une moralité ou une religiosité excessive sans sincérité.

A noun referring to the quality of being hypocritically devout or showing affected piety.

indénombrable

1. Hypocritical pietyC1formal

   The quality of pretending to be morally superior or more religious than one actually is.

   Sainteté affectée

   • His sanctimony was obvious when he criticized others for minor faults while ignoring his own.
   • The politician's sanctimony annoyed voters who saw through his false claims of virtue.
   • She spoke with such sanctimony that no one believed her sincerity.

   Synonymescanthumbughypocrisypietismsanctimoniousnessunction

   Antonymesauthenticitygenuinenesshonestysincerity