tartuffery

tartuffery
tar·tuf·fery

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  • Tartuffery — /tahr toof euh ree, tooh feuh /, n. behavior or character of a Tartuffe, esp. hypocritical piety. [1850 55; < F tartufferie. See TARTUFFE, RY] * * * …   Universalium

  • tartuffery — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A show or expression of feelings or beliefs one does not actually hold or possess: hypocrisy, Pharisaism, phoniness, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, two facedness. See HONEST …   English dictionary for students

  • tartuffery — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tar|tuf|ism — Tar|tuff|ism or Tar|tuf|ism «tahr TOO fihz uhm», noun. = Tartuffery. (Cf. ↑Tartuffery) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tar|tuff|ism — or Tar|tuf|ism «tahr TOO fihz uhm», noun. = Tartuffery. (Cf. ↑Tartuffery) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tartuffe — For the film of the same name, see Tartuffe (film) Tartuffe 19th century costume design Written by Molière …   Wikipedia

  • Bad faith — For other uses, see Bad faith (disambiguation). Two hearts redirects here. For things named Two Hearts , see Two Hearts. Further information: Self deception and Deception Bad faith (Latin: mala fides) is double mindedness or double… …   Wikipedia

  • cant — Synonyms and related words: Aesopian language, Babel, Greek, L, Pecksniffery, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, about ship, affectation, affectedness, alert, angle, angularity, animate, animated, apex, argot, ascend, babble, back and fill, bank, be… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • falseness — Synonyms and related words: Machiavellianism, Prospero, Punic faith, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, aberrancy, aberration, affectation, airiness, ambidexterity, apostasy, appearance, artfulness, artifice, bad faith, bamboozlement, barratry, befooling,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • hypocrisy — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffery, Pharisaism, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, artfulness, artificiality, cant, casuistry, charlatanism, charlatanry, chicanery, craft, cunning, deceit,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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