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self-right·eous    Audio Help   [self-rahy-chuhs, self-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
confident of one's own righteousness, esp. when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.

[Origin: 1670–80]

self-right·eous·ly, adverb
self-right·eous·ness, noun

sanctimonious, pharisaical.
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self-right·eous   (sělf'rī'chəs)
adj.  
  1. Piously sure of one's own righteousness; moralistic.
  2. Exhibiting pious self-assurance: self-righteous remarks.

self'-right'eous·ly adv., self'-right'eous·ness n.
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self-righteous 
c.1680, from self + righteous (q.v.).

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self-righteous

adjective
excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile" [syn: holier-than-thou

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Self-righteous

Self`-right"eous\, a. Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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