self-righteous
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7.8
- adjective
- /ˌsɛlfˈraɪtʃəs/
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moralista
- His self-righteous attitude made it difficult for others to have differing opinions.
- self-righteous indignation
- self-righteous and arrogant
And they may conflate all of this sort of self-righteous judgment with maturity.
- And they may conflate all of this sort of self-righteous judgment with maturity.
- And the person that bothers me the most is like the self-righteous, pompous Silicon Valley person.
- You can have that high handed, self-righteous, sanctimonious philosophy somewhere else.
- In her autobiography, Angela Davis writes quote I never forget the self-righteous condemnation of that tribunal.
- I think the the days of of the self-righteous filmmaker are just are done on some level.
- They they took that self-righteous stance and now they got caught in their own words.
- As you try and do this stuff more, you can run the danger of actually becoming self-righteous in this way, right?
- The Democrats pretty much as they're defining trait, are so sanctimonious, they're so self-righteous.
- And it was, I felt it was very cold and very puritanical and very self-righteous and there was no place for Eroticism.
- She writes these women are self-righteous, self important, miserable women who have nothing but negativity to spread.
- The money will also be a sort of self-righteous tool of punishment as well.
- You should nail your front door shut and wait till you bloody die you fat stupid self-righteous knob.
- I can only say it when I'm when I'm quoting a self-righteous, close minded shithead or singing along with Kanye.
Examples
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You will receive conflicting advice from concerned friends, interested groups, and self-righteous columnists.
Academic text (1999) -
And at first I thought Atticus was sort of self-righteous.
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Again, the idea of being so self-righteous to say, well, they hurt me so I can hurt them.
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Where you can sit and and be all self-righteous and and up on a high horse for at least a couple of minutes.
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As you try and do this stuff more, you can run the danger of actually becoming self-righteous in this way, right?
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The Democrats are so self-righteous and angry.
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Kagan is a self-righteous little man.
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The truth, I am speaking the truth when I call you self-righteous and hypocritical.
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At least that's how we saw it when we were feeling particularly self-righteous.
Academic text (2008) -
More intolerant, self-righteous, and arrogant by the day, we are quickly becoming fundamentalists ourselves.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
23
8.5
Acting as if you are morally better than other people
5
8.7
Acting as if morally better than other people
3
8.6
Acting like you are better than other people
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8.2
Behaving as if you are better than others to show you are good
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9.9
Pretending to be morally better than other people
Pretending to be morally better while judging others
Showing false moral pride and judging others harshly
Pretending to be very religious to seem morally better than others
Showing false religious feeling to seem very religious
Antonyms
How Self-Righteous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Self-righteous comes from the parts self and righteous, and righteous means 'right' or 'just'. So a self-righteous person thinks they are morally better than others and can be arrogant about it.