self-righteous
A FEELING OR DISPLAY OF MORAL SUPERIORITY DERIVED FROM A SENSE THAT ONE'S BELIEFS, ACTIONS, OR AFFILIATIONS ARE OF GREATER VIRTUE THAN THOSE OF OTHERS
Self righteous individual; Self righteous; Pecksniffian; Self-Righteousness; Self-righteous; Sententious; Sententiousness; Selfrighteous; Self righteousness; Sanctimony; Sanctimonies; Sanctimoniously; Sanctimoniousness; Self-right attitude; Sanctimonious
If you describe someone as self-righteous, you disapprove of them because they are convinced that they are right in their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviour and that other people are wrong.
He is critical of the monks, whom he considers narrow-minded and self-righteous.
ADJ [disapproval]
• self-righteousness
...her smug self-righteousness.
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