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What (who) is Pecksniffian - definition
Pecksniffian
A FEELING OR DISPLAY OF MORAL SUPERIORITY DERIVED FROM A SENSE THAT ONE'S BELIEFS, ACTIONS, OR AFFILIATIONS ARE OF GREATER VIRTUE THAN THOSE OF OTHERS
Self righteous individual; Self righteous; Pecksniffian; Self-Righteousness; Self-righteous; Sententious; Sententiousness; Selfrighteous; Self righteousness; Sanctimony; Sanctimonies; Sanctimoniously; Sanctimoniousness; Self-right attitude; Sanctimonious
[p?k'sn?f??n]
¦ adjective hypocritical.
Origin
C19: from Mr Pecksniff, a character in Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit, + -ian.
sententiousness
A FEELING OR DISPLAY OF MORAL SUPERIORITY DERIVED FROM A SENSE THAT ONE'S BELIEFS, ACTIONS, OR AFFILIATIONS ARE OF GREATER VIRTUE THAN THOSE OF OTHERS
Self righteous individual; Self righteous; Pecksniffian; Self-Righteousness; Self-righteous; Sententious; Sententiousness; Selfrighteous; Self righteousness; Sanctimony; Sanctimonies; Sanctimoniously; Sanctimoniousness; Self-right attitude; Sanctimonious
n.
Pithiness, terseness, point, vigor, compactness.
Self-righteousness
A FEELING OR DISPLAY OF MORAL SUPERIORITY DERIVED FROM A SENSE THAT ONE'S BELIEFS, ACTIONS, OR AFFILIATIONS ARE OF GREATER VIRTUE THAN THOSE OF OTHERS
Self righteous individual; Self righteous; Pecksniffian; Self-Righteousness; Self-righteous; Sententious; Sententiousness; Selfrighteous; Self righteousness; Sanctimony; Sanctimonies; Sanctimoniously; Sanctimoniousness; Self-right attitude; Sanctimonious
·noun The quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism.
