sanctimoniousness

/ˌsæŋktəˈmoʊniəsnəs/ noun

The property of being sanctimonious.

Word Origin Sanctimoniousness is the noun form of sanctimonious — the quality of being sanctimonious, that is, making a show of piety. It's built on the same Latin 'sancire' root as sanctify and sacrosanct, but with the pejorative sense of hypocrisy. The -ness suffix makes it a state or condition.

noun The property of being sanctimonious. countable

Her sanctimoniousness made it difficult for others to take her moral lectures seriously.

(名词) 伪善;假道学

她的伪善让别人很难认真对待她的道德说教。

(sustantivo) santurronería; beatería; mojigatería; farisaísmo [La cualidad de ser santurrón.]

Su santurronería hacía que los demás no tomaran en serio sus sermones morales.

(nom) bigoterie; pharisaïsme; tartuferie; hypocrisie; fausse dévotion [Caractère de ce qui est moralisateur et hypocrite ; piété de façade qui dissimule souvent un manque de sincérité.]

Sa sanctimoniousness lassait tout le monde et rendait ses leçons de morale difficiles à prendre au sérieux.

(Substantiv) Scheinheiligkeit; Frömmelei [die Eigenschaft, scheinheilig moralisierend oder übertrieben fromm zu wirken.]

Ihre **sanctimoniousness** machte es schwer, ihre moralischen Vorträge ernst zu nehmen.

(名詞) 聖人ぶっていること、独善的な性質。

彼女の**聖人ぶり**のおかげで、其他人は彼女の道徳的な説教を真面目に受け取れなかった。

(substantivo) santimônia; hipocrisia; beatice; falso moralismo [A qualidade de ser santimônio; falso moralismo.]

O falso moralismo dela dificultava que os outros levassem suas lições de moral a sério.

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