SELF-RIGHTEOUS


Meaning of SELF-RIGHTEOUS in English

ˌself-ˈrighteous BrE AmE adjective

proudly sure that your beliefs, attitudes, and ↑ moral s are good and right, in a way that annoys other people – used to show disapproval SYN sanctimonious :

She’s a vegetarian, but she’s not at all self-righteous about it.

—self-righteously adverb

—self-righteousness noun [uncountable]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.