0 a quality of acting as if you are morally better than others: --
I found his sanctimoniousness quite irritating.
Such oily and voluble sanctimoniousness needed no modification to be fitted to appear before the footlights in satirical drama.
I am bound to say that the task is made more difficult by the aura of sanctimoniousness which hangs heavily over the industry.
Will he, for once, abandon his smug sanctimoniousness and apologise for his culture of cronyism?
I would think that a record of sanctimoniousness applies over 20 years, not 20 minutes.
If there is one thing that kills comedy, it's sanctimoniousness.