sanctimoniousness

This kind of christian martyrdom sainthood sanctimoniousness is common with these guys who have messianic tendencies and an inability to admit failure.

Think Progress » Brown Resigns, He Should Have Been Fired 2005

Determine that you will overcome this sanctimoniousness, which is the curse of a great deal of the religion of this day.

Godliness : being reports of a series of addresses delivered at James's Hall, London, W. during 1881 Catherine Mumford Booth 1859

Determine that you will overcome this sanctimoniousness, which is the curse of a great deal of the religion of this day.

Godliness : being reports of a series of addresses delivered at James's Hall, London, W. during 1881 Catherine Mumford Booth 1859

Determine that you will overcome this sanctimoniousness, which is the curse of a great deal of the religion of this day.

Godliness : being reports of a series of addresses delivered at James's Hall, London, W. during 1881 Catherine Mumford Booth 1859

"sanctimoniousness" which sometimes clings to it, because no other word suggests as well the exact combination of affections which the text goes on to describe.

Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature William James 1876

There's a strong element of sanctimoniousness that comes out in almost everything he says, and I think people pick that up.

Playing the Field 2011

Well, in Buddhist law, the Gerbil punishment is reserved for those committing the sin of mind-numbingly annoying self-righteous sanctimoniousness.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Prosecution for Insulting Religion — This Time, Buddhism 2010

Meanwhile, one of MTV's networks is showing a surprising degree of sanctimoniousness about the whole Sheen situation.

TV nets find more ways to poke and probe Charlie Sheen story 2011

Polly Toynbee: reaches heights of sanctimoniousness and hypocrisy hitherto uncharted.

Archive 2009-02-01 2009

Polly Toynbee: reaches heights of sanctimoniousness and hypocrisy hitherto uncharted.

The Evil That Walks Invisible 2009