Self-righteousness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Self-righteousness is a noun meaning Confidence in one's own righteousness, self-assurance, smug.
Meaning
Confidence in one's own righteousness, self-assurance, smug.
Example Sentences
The book of Job warns us against self-righteousness, since no man can justify himself to God.
There was no tedious self-righteousness on the night of the gala event. The charity auction invited bids for a night out at the Windmill Club (a lapdancing venue in Soho) and a course of plastic surgery, offered as an opportunity to “Add spice to your wife”
The heroines of these plays speak out against intraracial biases, stereotyping, lynchmobs, illiteracy, poverty, promiscuity, self-righteousness, verbally abusive men, rape, and miscegenation. […] Without warning the doctor, she chokes the life out of her child in order to keep him safe from white lynchmobs.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include self-satisfaction, complacency, hypocrisy, moralism, confidence, self-pride.
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