WTW for someone who tries to make themselves look morally better than they actually are?
I'm not looking for words like (pathological) lying, or mask of sanity, or anything. It's a word similar to other manipulation tactics, such as gaslighting, gatekeeping, grandstanding, white knighting, etc. I thought it was "white washing", but I'm not so sure.
It isn't self aggrandizement either, but is super similar.
Badically, im looking for a word yo describe someone I know: an abusive father, a cheater, a stalker, a liar who is trying to "rewrite" the perceptions of others by posing as some morally good person who is now a good husband and father to a new wife and a new kid.
He's always been a a mask, and an enraged narcissist who hates being called out. And he's always tried to make himself seem holier than thou. He's very self righteous. And in fact, he's a Pascal's Wager accepting person. (Whether or not you believe in god, you gotta realize that accepting PW is quite possibly the most decietful thing someone can do. It would be lying to God, and even lying to yourself. All for the sake of getting that carrot at the end of the stick.)
So yeah, an abuser who started a new life to look good, publicly, by being some weird fake.