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self-righteous adjective [ ˌsɛlfˈrʌɪtʃəs ]

• having or characterized by a certainty, especially an unfounded one, that one is totally correct or morally superior.
• "self-righteous indignation and complacency"
Similar: sanctimonious, holier-than-thou, self-satisfied, smug, priggish, complacent, too good to be true, pious, pietistic, moralizing, unctuous, superior, mealy-mouthed, hypocritical, goody-goody, Pharisaic, Pharisaical, Tartuffian,
Opposite: humble,


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