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单词 self-righteousness
释义
self-righteousness
noun[U]
uk
/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.nəs/us
/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.nəs/
thequalityofbelievingthatyourideasandbehaviouraremorallybetterthan those of otherpeople:
Theyrespondtoquestionsfrombroadcasterswith anauseatingmixtureofarroganceand self-righteousness.
Thelawyeraccusedcriticsofsmugself-righteousness.
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self-righteous
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  • The self-righteousness andhypocrisyof theadministrationhas done little topromoteworldpeace.
  • Both theactorsand theaudiencebaskedin anice,warmglowofmoralself-righteousness.
  • There's acertainself-righteousness about her thatbothersme.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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
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(Definition ofself-righteousnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofself-righteousness

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Butself-righteousnessis not the monopoly of the leaver.
From theCambridge English Corpus
What they undoubtedly left behind was a large red herring obstructing the path of free communication - and a legacy ofself-righteousness, guilt and prejudice.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is much easier to indulge ourselves inself-righteousness, righteous anger or whatever emotion happens to be taking us.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He spoke like a man who, seeing a cruel thing being done and seeing another man trying to intervene, rebukes him for hisself-righteousness.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We are not going to sit here and inhale the putrid fumes of an obnoxiousself-righteousnessfrom the other side.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The motion is a self-indulgent display ofself-righteousness.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is the sideslip intoself-righteousnessand hypocrisy.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I do not think we are going to build up international confidence by approaching other nations in a spirit of unctuousself-righteousness.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
As for nonsmokers, they often have a feeling ofself-righteousness.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I ask that we all refrain fromself-righteousness.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I have seen no evidence of theself-righteousnessor self-indulgence that is sometimes displayed on this issue.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It may enable us to take up a posture ofself-righteousness.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He can merely shout into the wind and endeavour to show that hisself-righteousnessin impenetrable either by argument or by truth.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Why, then, is there all this high, sanctimoniousself-righteousnessfrom the other side?
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is a savour ofself-righteousnessabout us when we condemn the misdeeds of foreign people.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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