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Pecksniffery

Definitions

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  • noun unctuous, hypocritical or sanctimonious behaviour

Etymologies

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Initially derived from the character "Seth Pecksniff" in the Charles Dickens novel Martin Chuzzlewit

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Examples

  • Regan's Pecksniffery includes spending a lot of time on TV condemning other people's less than wholesome sex lives.

    Pecksniffery 2004

  • Regan's Pecksniffery includes spending a lot of time on TV condemning other people's less than wholesome sex lives.

    Lance Mannion: 2004

  • "Art Union" was "The Pecksniffery;" and _Punch_ courted the libel action which Hall threatened but failed to bring.

    The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

  • Paul Mirengoff, at Power Line, mocks the politically correct Pecksniffery on the part of certain Euopean powers about passports and the mysterious demise of Hamas weapons-runner Mahmoud-al-Mabhouh in Dubai at the hands of person or persons unknown.

    Never Yet Melted JDZ 2010

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