Words similar to sanctimony

Example sentences for: sanctimony

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Journalists tried to enjoy Zuckerman's egomaniacal self-destruction but were restrained by contempt for Fallows' sanctimony.
He said Britain sold arms to at least 30 countries whose human rights records fail to receive the Amnesty International seal of approval and that "British foreign policy has long been a confection of self-interest spiced by opportunism and cling-wrapped in sanctimony."
Overall tone: sanctimony, exemplified by the series of "lessons" to the press at the end of the cover story ("no one should read or listen to any media outlet that consistently shows that it is the lapdog of big, official power rather than a respectful skeptic").
Today it is applied in a wide range of circumstances, especially when the noises being talked of invite a presumption of hollowness, sanctimony, or hypocrisy.
In his earnest efforts to give the South a fair shake, Applebome, a native Long Islander now raising a family in Georgia, begins by puncturing Northern stereotypes and sanctimony about the South.