Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - sanctimonious
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adj. making a show of sanctity or piety. Derivatives sanctimoniously adv. sanctimoniousness n. sanctimony n. Etymology: L sanctimonia sanctity (as SAINT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. книж. ханжеский, лицемерный his sanctimonious air —- его ханжеский вид sanctimonious knave —- лицемерный подлец sanctimonious person —- ханжа, святоша ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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If you say that someone is sanctimonious, you disapprove of them because you think that they are trying to appear morally better than other people. He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish... = self-righteous ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj formal behaving as if you are morally better than other people, in a way that is annoying (sanctimonious politicians preaching to everyone about family values) - sanctimoniously adv - sanctimoniousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1603 (in "Measure for Measure," with the disparaging sense), from sanctimony (1540), from M.Fr. sanctimonie, from L. sanctimonia "holiness, virtuousness," from sanctus "holy" (see saint). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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