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self-righteous

[self-rahy-chuhs, self-]

adjective

  1. confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.

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self-righteous

adjective

  1. having or showing an exaggerated awareness of one's own virtuousness or rights

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • self-righteously adverb
  • self-righteousness noun
  • unself-righteous adjective
  • unself-righteously adverb
  • unself-righteousness noun
  • ˌ-ˈٱdzܲԱ noun
  • ˌ-ˈٱdzܲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of self-righteous1

First recorded in 1670–80
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“When I made movies,” he said, “one of the things that kept me from being too self-righteous is my memory of the Japanese kids who were in my class one day, then gone the next.”

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Also: He isn’t self-righteous, which he views as “the ultimate sin of political correctness.”

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We remember them as they actually are because we grew up among them: bitter, mean, and self-righteous.

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More than this, it redeems Daniel too, highlighting his transformation from a self-righteous know-it-all into a man who makes peace with some mysteries and finds balance with the man he once tolerated.

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Her first American film, the 2022 slasher “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” was a prank on Gen-Z and the self-righteous codes it clings to haphazardly.

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