self-righteous

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  1. adjective Piously sure of one's own righteousness; moralistic.
  2. adjective Exhibiting pious self-assurance: self-righteous remarks.

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  • Wasn't this kind of self-righteous legalistic coercion precisely what Justice Brandeis warned against?
  • Could the author please point it out and the reasoning for this statement which is the whole basis for this update as well as the self-righteous attack on Jim Goldman? —  Daring Fireball
  • And the comics hordes should be pleased, as Tony Stark is the smug, self-righteous boozer we've all come to know and love. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • The garbled syntax … a general sense of incoherence … the self-righteous sneer … —  Think Progress
  • We've done this by spotlighting principled, hard-working public servants, and turning up the heat on the mean-spirited, self-righteous, close-minded, divisive, irresponsible, loud-mouthed, fear-mongering politicians that stand in their way. —  Fired Up! Missouri
 

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