6 October 2015

sanctimonious

[sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uh s]

adjective

1. making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.:
They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
2. Obsolete. holy; sacred.

Origin of sanctimonious

1595-1605; sanctimony + -ous

Related forms

sanctimoniously, adverb
sanctimoniousness, noun
nonsanctimonious, adjective
nonsanctimoniously, adverb
nonsanctimoniousness, noun

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Contemporary Examples

The pious, sanctimonious Oscar ceremony is how Hollywood wants to see itself.
The Gaudy, Gauche and Sometimes Corrupt Greatness of the Golden Globes
Richard Rushfield
January 15, 2012

One purported fan blogged a review calling the interlude “an interminable and sanctimonious speech.”
Intimate Madonna Show at Paris’s Olympia Hall Turns Ugly
Tracy McNicoll
July 26, 2012

The sanctimonious, the puritans of all stripes, and the killjoys in general raise the issue annually.
Keep Christmas Commercialized!
P. J. O’Rourke
December 5, 2014

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– Steven Wright

On this day

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6 October 1966 – LSD, a synthetic hallucinogenic drug, is declared illegal in the United States.

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