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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Confidence in one's own righteousness, self-assurance, smug..
The book of Job warns us against self-righteousness, since no man can justify himself to God.
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.
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”
Use self-righteousness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Self-righteousness means Confidence in one's own righteousness, self-assurance, smug..
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The book of Job warns us against self-righteousness, since no man can justify himself to God.
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