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What (who) is SENTENTIOUS - definition
sententious
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
a.
Pithy, terse, laconic, succinct, concise, compendious, didactic, pointed, compact, full of meaning, very expressive, to the point, short and energetic.
sententious
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
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¦ adjective given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner.
Derivatives
sententiously adverb
sententiousness noun
Origin
ME (in sense 'full of meaning or wisdom'): from L. sententiosus, from sententia (see sentence).
Sententious
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
·adj Comprising or representing sentences; sentential.
II. Sententious ·adj Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.
Examples of use of SENTENTIOUS
1. But there was something self–satisfied about this sententious world.
2. After a period of being governed by a rather bossy and sententious bank manager, we may well long for someone who is lighter and more fun.
3. It seems Tom‘s penchant for putting sententious pen to protesting paper does not date from yesterday: we have before us a copy of a letter he sent to former Times editor Peter Stothard in September 1'''. "I am writing reluctantly," begins the then head of the Northern Ireland Information Service, "to express concern about the conduct of your new Ireland correspondent." In Belfast, he continues in characteristically pomp–free style, "facts are sacred.
4. Unless a proposal for intervention of the sort courageously and compellingly articulated by the International Crisis Group commands serious attention from world leaders, we may be sure that there will be terrible additions to the more than 360,000 who have already perished in Darfur (see June 30, 2005 mortality assessment by this writer; URL above). Mournful words from Kofi Annan will be of no help; nor will the sententious declarations sure to issue from the G–8 gathering in Scotland.