noun

the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.

his target was the hypocrisy of suburban life

sanctimoniousness,sanctimony,pietism,piousness,affected piety,affected superiority,false virtue,cant,humbug,pretence,posturing,speciousness,empty talk,insincerity,falseness,falsity,deceptiveness,deceit,deceitfulness,deception,dishonesty,dissembling,dissimulation,duplicity,imposture,two-facedness,double-dealing,phoneyness,Pharisaism,Tartufferie