ханжество

Russian

Etymology

ханжа́ (xanžá) + -ество (-estvo)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxanʐɨstvə]

Noun

ха́нжество • (xánžestvo) n inan (genitive ха́нжества, uncountable)

  1. hypocrisy, sanctimony, sanctimoniousness
    Synonyms: фарисе́йство (fariséjstvo), лицеме́рие (licemérije), неи́скренность (neískrennostʹ)

Declension

Further reading

  • ханжество in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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