Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hypocritical display of benevolence, resembling that of Pecksniff; Pecksniffianism.
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Examples
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When did Freder switch from derisive argumentation to whole hog derangement and pecksniffery?
Shame on NBC News. Ann Althouse 2007
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 All they are capable of is wavering between ham-fisted brutality and self-righteous pecksniffery.
Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: How Big Are Your Chances, Karl? 2006
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“All they are capable of is wavering between ham-fisted brutality and self-righteous pecksniffery.”
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If you actually knew Jane and Christy and all the other posters on FDL,you would have realized that we have a remarkably low tolerance for your brand of pecksniffery.
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No pecksniffery then about slurs and excess, no heartfelt pleas for civility and comity... no not from Jeff Jacoby.
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All they are capable of is wavering between ham-fisted brutality and self-righteous pecksniffery.
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As a matter of fact, there have been intermittent rebellions against the prevailing pecksniffery and sentimentality ever since the days of Irving and
A Book of Prefaces 1918
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“And so it was that on the first of May, back in aught-six, the word “pecksniffery” was reborn.
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If there is a phrase more snarkdiferous than “self-righteous pecksniffery”, I’ve certainly never come across it.
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The whole story is naïvely told in "Anthony Comstock, Fighter," [48] a work which passed under the approving eye of the old war horse himself and is full of his characteristic pecksniffery. [
A Book of Prefaces 1918
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