Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Reliance on one's own supposed righteousness; righteousness the merits of which a person attributes to himself; false or pharisaical righteousness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Confidence in one's own
righteousness ,self-assurance ,smug .
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Examples
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Most seem afraid to do so, perhaps cowed into submission by the self-righteousness of the new Mighty Fortress of Christian fundamentalism.
Terence Clarke: Catholics, Condoms and the Separation of Church and State Terence Clarke 2012
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Luckily, traveling through the island I had many opportunities to watch my impatience rise from my stomach, mixed with the sense of entitlement, flavored with disappointment and frustration and garnished with self-righteousness, getting crushed against the shores of my consciousness as foamy and mighty waves of famous surfing beaches in Cabarete.
Misha Lyuve: Impatience and Being Undeserving Misha Lyuve 2011
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It'll be a rare person who can match Mr. Olbermann for ego, pomposity, volume, self-righteousness, monomania and sheer obnoxiousness.
Why I'll Miss Keith Olbermann Bret Stephens 2011
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Most seem afraid to do so, perhaps cowed into submission by the self-righteousness of the new Mighty Fortress of Christian fundamentalism.
Terence Clarke: Catholics, Condoms and the Separation of Church and State Terence Clarke 2012
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Most seem afraid to do so, perhaps cowed into submission by the self-righteousness of the new Mighty Fortress of Christian fundamentalism.
Terence Clarke: Catholics, Condoms and the Separation of Church and State Terence Clarke 2012
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I seriously doubt her answer would include being subjected to the voyeuristic self-righteousness of some random dude she doesn't know from Adam in order that he might feel like he's a modern day Messiah.
I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing 2009
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Hysteria, born of self-righteousness, is delightful for a few moments.
Why drown Ken Clarke in this tidal wave of phony anger? | Rachel Cooke 2011
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It's so insanely inmoral to expect we can invade and remodel countries we don't like via self-righteousness means when we can't arrive at concensus here on virtually anything.
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I seriously doubt her answer would include being subjected to the voyeuristic self-righteousness of some random dude she doesn't know from Adam in order that he might feel like he's a modern day Messiah.
I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing 2009
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Luckily, traveling through the island I had many opportunities to watch my impatience rise from my stomach, mixed with the sense of entitlement, flavored with disappointment and frustration and garnished with self-righteousness, getting crushed against the shores of my consciousness as foamy and mighty waves of famous surfing beaches in Cabarete.
Misha Lyuve: Impatience and Being Undeserving Misha Lyuve 2011
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