Pious and Vain

Pious

Pious adjective - Firm in one's allegiance to someone or something.

Vain and pious are semantically related. in sincere topic. In some cases you can use "Vain" instead an adjective "Pious".

Nearby Words: piety, piousness, piously

Vain

Vain adjective - Having too high an opinion of oneself.

Pious and vain are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Pious" with "Vain", this adjectives are similar.

Nearby Words: vainly, vainness

Both words in one sentence

  • Doing It for the Art One gothic Cathedral, Chartres (whose architect is unknown and is regarded as a collaboration by pious villagers), is invoked by Orson Welles in F for Fake as an ideal of this belief, noting that it rendered hollow most artistic pursuits as vain and self-fulfilling, his own works included.
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