self-righteous (hypocritically . . . ) adj.: Pecksniffian
[This word derives from Seth Pecksniff, a character in the Charles Dickens novel 'Martin Chuzzlewit'.]
George magazine (founded and edited by JFK Jr.) [showed] a picture of Kennedy apparently nude, “artfully seated [showing] only limbs, chest, and face as he ponders a dangling apple,” in the words of the AP. . . . Moreover,in the same issue of his magazine, Mr. Kennedy was delivering a Pecksniffian lecture to assorted cousins for licentious behavior. (William F. Buckley Jr., “The Honored Guest,” National Review, 6/14/1999.)
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