Definition of Sententiousness. Meaning of Sententiousness. Synonyms of Sententiousness

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Definition of Sententiousness

Sententiousness
Sententious Sen*ten"tious, a.[L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.] 1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth. How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious! --Addison. 2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] ``Sententious marks.' --Grew. --- Sen*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Sen*ten"tious*ness, n.

Meaning of Sententiousness from wikipedia

- Self-righteousness (also called sanctimony, sententiousness, and holier-than-thou attitudes) is an attitude and belief of moral superiority derived from...
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- flourished in the 6th century BC, were those who arranged series of sententious maxims in verse. These were collected in the 4th century, by Lobon of...
- ill-disciplined imitation of Gr**** poetical models, and in prose by a dry sententiousness of style, gradually giving way to a clear and fluent strength..." These...
- good" and "weak", and that the music was "a triumph of style over sententiousness, of sound over sense" with "a lulling repetitiousness to a lot of what...
- Bruyère reminds the reader of Montaigne, but he aimed too much at sententiousness to attempt even the apparent continuity of the great essayist. The...
- "heavyhandedness" he saw in some of the writing, noting especially the "sententious lectures about the nature of police work" delivered to Sherman by Cooper...