self-righteous

English

Etymology

self- +‎ righteous

Adjective

self-righteous (comparative more self-righteous, superlative most self-righteous)

piously self-assured and smugly moralistic

Translations

piously self-assured and smugly moralistic

Chinese:
Mandarin: 自以為是 (zh), 自以为是 (zh) (zìyǐwéishì)
Danish: selvretfærdig
Esperanto: farisea
Finnish: omahyväinen (fi), hurskasteleva (fi)
French: bien-pensant (fr)

German: selbstgerecht (de)
Irish: ceartaiseach
Portuguese: farisaico (rare)
Russian: самодово́льный (ru) (samodovólʹnyj), самоуве́ренный (ru) (samouvérennyj)
Spanish: mojigato (es) m, santurrón m, fariseo (es) m

See also

virtue signalling

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