Pecksniffery
[pek-snif-ee-uh n] /pɛkˈsnɪf i ən/
adjective, (often lowercase)
1.
hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
/pɛkˈsnɪfɪən/
adjective
1.
affecting benevolence or high moral principles
adj.
1851, after Mr. Pecksniff, unctuous hypocrite in Dickens’ “Martin Chuzzlewit” (1844).
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