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

Noun

Unlike Gregor Samsa who is confined to his room after transforming into a huge insect, the protagonist still has to go to work, a dark and bleak absurdity that lays bare the alienation, isolation, and hypocrisy of modern life.

— Deadline, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Trump, in a Truth Social post, accused the media of hypocrisy for allegedly refusing to cover past purchases of Russian energy by the European Union.

— Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026

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