SANCTIMONY Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

sanctimony

noun

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as in hypocrisy

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Recent Examples of sanctimony Nobody can foresee all of the ways any AI product might be used, for good or ill, but that’s exactly why Anthropic’s sanctimony can seem silly. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026 This is where the sanctimony and the moralizing comes in. — Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026 His Tartuffe doesn’t try to curry favor or even stand on sanctimony. — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025 The upshot of this contempt is a season that layers hypocrisy as well as sanctimony over the grubby, tedious nihilism that made Dahmer so miserable to watch. — Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sanctimony

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hypocrisy

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These charges of hypocrisy have only gotten louder as DSA candidates have won a string of Democratic primaries across the country.

— Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026
The film follows an 11-year-old boy who exploits his brother’s tragic death to fight his father and his community, until his lies expose the hypocrisy and corruption beneath a seemingly moral society.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

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