The Only Use of
sanctimonious
in
Into the Wild
- Whenever Walt McCandless, in his stern fashion, would dispense a fatherly admonishment to Chris, Carine, or their half siblings, Chris would fixate on his father's own less than sterling behavior many years earlier and silently denounce him as a sanctimonious hypocrite.†
p. 122.8
Definition:
acting morally superior to others