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  • proper noun Hypocrisy.
  • proper noun Vacuous, base, and tedious moralism.
  • proper noun Snobbishness; sentimental royalism; idealistic love of class and aristocracy.
  • proper noun A pathologically casual manner and complacency in the face of corruption.
  • proper noun Sadomasochistic sexual practices.
  • proper noun The practice of indulging in an extramarital affair that resembles a second household.
  • proper noun Homosexuality.
  • proper noun Oppression of a country’s poor.

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