self-righteously
adverb
uk/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.li/us/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.li/in aself-righteousway(=believingthatyourideasandbehaviouraremorallybetterthan other people's):
Wereadthesebooksandshakeourheadsself-righteously,certainthat if we had been there, it would never havehappened.
Thepeoplewho self-righteouslyclaimtoknowthe most about theenvironmenthere are not from here.
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self-righteous
- Sometimes mymindself-righteouslyjudgesthepeoplewemeet.
- "I told you he couldn'tcook," said Terry self-righteously.
- Thepaperself-righteously took up thestory,forcingthe othernewspaperstofollowsuit.
Feeling morally superior
- claim
- claim the moral high groundidiom
- de haut en bas
- holier-than-thou
- judgmental
- judgmentally
- loftiness
- moralistic
- pearl-clutching
- preachy
- priggish
- righteously
- sanctimonious
- sanctimoniously
- sanctimoniousness
- self-righteous
- superior
- superiority complex
- virtue signalling
- virtuous