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Sanctimonious vs Nonsanctimonious - What's the difference?

sanctimonious | nonsanctimonious |

As adjectives the difference between sanctimonious and nonsanctimonious

is that sanctimonious is making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious while nonsanctimonious is not sanctimonious.

sanctimonious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
  • (archaic) Holy, devout.

    • Derived terms

    * sanctimoniously * sanctimoniousness * sanctimony

    nonsanctimonious

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not sanctimonious.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 24, author=Philip Gefter, title=The Man Who Made Mapplethorpe, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He had such a great sense of humor and had such a nonpretentious and nonsanctimonious spiritual air.” }}