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priggishness
 

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Noun priggishness has 1 sense
  1. priggishness, primness - exaggerated and arrogant properness
    --1 is a kind of propriety, properness, correctitude

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Priggishness

Noun: The quality or state of being priggish, which refers to excessively rigid, self-righteous, or snobbish behavior.

Sample Sentence: His priggishness was evident in the way he looked down on anyone who didn't share his refined taste in literature.


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