goodiness

goodiness
goodˈiness noun
Weak, priggish or sanctimonious goodness
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goodiness
see under goody a.

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  • pietism — n 1. sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, Tar tuffery, formalism, hypocrisy, pharisaism, pharisee ism; self righteousness, Inf. goody goodiness, Inf. goodiness; false piety, excessive piety, religiosity; dissimulation, feigning, dissembling;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • sanctimony — n pietism, sanctimoniousness, Tartuf fery, formalism, hypocrisy, Pharisaism, phariseeism; false piety, excessive piety, religiosity; self righteousness, Inf. goody goodiness, Inf. goodiness; cant, lip service, mouth honor, mealy mouthedness;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • self-righteousness — n priggishness, piousness, goodiness, sanctimoniousness, pharisaicalness, pharisaism COLLOQ. goody goodiness ≠ humility …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • insincerity — Synonyms and related words: Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, apparent soundness, artfulness, artificiality, cant, casuistry, circularity, craftiness, credibility gap, crossed fingers, deceitfulness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • mummery — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffery, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, abracadabra, acting, affectation, baccalaureate service, buffoonery, business, camouflage, cant, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, characterization, commencement, convocation,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • piety — Synonyms and related words: Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affection, allegiance, ardor, cant, dedication, deference, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, docility, dutifulness, enthusiasm, faithfulness, false piety, falseness, fealty, fervor …   Moby Thesaurus

  • piousness — Synonyms and related words: Tartuffery, Tartuffism, adoration, affectation, cant, churchgoing, conformity, cultism, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, dutifulness, faith, faithfulness, false piety, falseness, goody goodiness, hypocrisy,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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