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    [Adjective]  | "sanc*ti*mo*nious" | \ ˌsaŋ(k)-tə-ˈmō-nē-əs \


    1: hypocritically pious or devout

    2: possessing sanctity : holy


    Origin: 1603 ;

     [ "sanctimonious" ]

    1: the word sanctimonious is another word for big headed,self riteous, bitch, etc. sanctimonious people think they're it and act like it. they go around thinking they're brilliant, being sanctimonious is not a good thing!!

      * e.g.,  ... 'oh she's such a sanctimonious bitch' observing somebody who is sanctimonious 

     [ "sanctimonious" ]

    1: giving a hypocrital appearance of piety

      * e.g.,  ... if i was sanctimonious, i would probably give lectures about the 10 commandments, then go rob banks. 

     [ "Sanctimonious" ]

    1: Bono.

      * e.g.,  ... He's so much holier-than-thou, completely sanctimonious, he's Bono! 

     [ "Sanctimonious" ]

    1: Holier-than-thou: Making an exaggerated show of holiness or moral superiority.

      * e.g.,  ... Sanctimonious like to act as if they're holy. 

     [ "Sanctimonious" ]

    1: A virtue signalling and pretentious individual who thinks they are above everyone else.

      * e.g.,  ... You sanctimonious cunt 

     [ "Sanctimonious" ]

    1: Of or having a higher morality than is common.

      * e.g.,  ... Most Christians would say the New Testament is more sanctimonious than any other Holy book. 

     [ "sanctimonious atheism" ]

    1: a term that not only perfectly describes a kind of hypocritically high-minded atheism but also has the added benefit of being very funny due to the fact that it is even intelligible (coined by author / blogger Frank Portman, 2006)

      * e.g.,  ... Let's go to Ophelia's house for a few drinks ... Actually, on second thought, let's not, the whole sanctimonious atheism thing gets old really fast. 

     [ "sanctimonious cunt" ]

    1: Someone (usually female) who sees themselves in a position of superiority and once they have made up their mind (lazily) don't listen to any rational argument, but always have a personally objectifying explanation at the ready for why one is disagreeing or complaining.

      * e.g.,  ... Tatiana Estévez of Quora.com is a typical sanctimonious cunt. 

     [ "Sanctimonious Git" ]

    1: A person (or conglomerate of two persons who are virtually indistinhuishable as individuals) who is so far up his or her own (or their own collective) arsehole their own mother wants to run them down.

      * e.g.,  ... That sanctimonious git takes pictures during a group holiday and then tries to charge for them even though everyone else is sharing their pictures and then has the gittishness to get all high and mighty when someone uses one of the pictures on their facebook profile. 

     [ "Sanctimonious Attention Whore" ]

    1: Someone, usually female, who not only wants to be the center of attention, but who specifically seeks highly visible opportunities to act self-righteous at the expense of others, in order to receive temporary affections from cohorts, so as to validate their own fragile sense of self-worth. Also known as S.A.W.

      * e.g.,  ... Political pundit, Ann Coulter, is a sanctimonious attention whore. Media host, Bill O'Reilly, when he defends Ann Coulter, is a SAW-John. 


     [ "Sanctimonious Attention Whore" ]

    2: A group of Sanctimonious Attention Whores is called a "Squabble". A male courtier, or loud-mouthed defendent/apologist, of a Sanctimonious Attention Whore is called a "SAW John" or "Squawker".

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