sanctimony

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Definition of sanctimonynext
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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  • Other controversies have underscored the dubiousness of Anthropic’s commitment to its mission and the hypocrisy of its goodie-two-shoes act.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Mathematician Benjamin Banneker wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, condemning his hypocrisy for owning slaves.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
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