Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - self-righteous
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Self-righteous
self-righteous
If you describe someone as self-righteous, you disapprove of them because they are convinced that they are right in their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviour and that other people are wrong. He is critical of the monks, whom he considers narrow-minded and self-righteous. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • self-righteousness ...her smug self-righteousness. N-UNCOUNT
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1.
adjective Date: circa 1680 convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others ; narrow-mindedly moralistic • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. excessively conscious of or insistent on one's rectitude, correctness, etc. Derivatives self-righteously adv. self-righteousness n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. книж. лицемерный, фарисейский self-righteous moralists —- ханжествующие моралисты 2. книж. самодовольный; уверенный в своей правоте self-righteous cruelty —- жестокость якобы из лучших побуждений ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
adj. 1) самодовольный; уверенный в своей правоте 2) фарисейский Syn: see moral ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ adj proudly sure that your beliefs, attitudes, and morals are good and right, in a way that annoys other people (That's the most unfair, self-righteous statement I've ever heard!) - self-righteously adv - self-righteousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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