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self-righteousˌself-ˈrighteous adjective   - Bike riders seems to have this self-righteous attitude toward people in cars.
- His grandparents were stern and self-righteous people.
- I've got nothing against vegetarians, but some of them are so self-righteous!
- But Springer, the former mayor of Cincinnati, insists on offering a self-righteous lecture at the end of each program.
- Ego is the self-righteous martyr inside each of us.
- He doubted her policies and the self-righteous way in which they were promoted.
- He had entered the police station in a storm of self-righteous protest and had been by turn hectoring, belligerent and spiteful.
- In this self-righteous mood he drove home.
- She watched him in self-righteous silence.
- This is the kind of self-righteous behaviour at which Mrs Thatcher's Government excels.
- We have to learn tolerance, to look at our behaviour and to stop being self-righteous.
thinking you are morally better than other people► self-righteous feeling very confident about how good you are and about your high moral standards, in a way that annoys other people: · His grandparents were stern and self-righteous people.· I've got nothing against vegetarians, but some of them are so self-righteous! ► sanctimonious behaving as if you are morally better than other people, especially in telling them what you think is right and wrong: · Don't be so sanctimonious, Helen! I'll live my life the way I want to live it.· The Principal reacted to the school party with an air of sanctimonious disapproval. ► holier-than-thou showing other people very clearly that you think you are morally better than they are: · I know he doesn't smoke or drink but I wish he wasn't so holier-than-thou.· She was intensely irritated by Emma's holier-than-thou attitude. ► moralistic telling other people what you think is right or wrong about their behaviour, especially in an annoying way or when you have no right to do this: · Our teachers were dull, uninspiring, and moralistic.· a moralistic, middle-class newspaper ► preachy trying too hard to make people accept your ideas about what it right or wrong, especially when this is unnecessary or annoying: · It's not a bad book, but it's a bit preachy.· Much of the film is preachy, pretentious, and slow. proudly sure that your beliefs, attitudes, and morals are good and right, in a way that annoys other people – used to show disapproval SYN sanctimonious:  She’s a vegetarian, but she’s not at all self-righteous about it.—self-righteously adverb—self-righteousness noun [uncountable] |