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self-righteousness

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self-right·eous (slfrchs)
adj.
1. Piously sure of one's own righteousness; moralistic.
2. Exhibiting pious self-assurance: self-righteous remarks.
self-righteous·ly adv.
self-righteous·ness n.
Translations
self-righteousness [ˌselfˈraɪtʃəsnɪs] N → santurronería f, farisaísmo m
self-righteousness [ˌsɛlfˈraɪtʃəsnɪs] n → presunzione f
self-righteousness [ˌsɛlfˈraɪtʃəsnɪs] n → presunzione f


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Not that charity only which causes us to help the needy and comfort the suffering, but that feeling of universal philanthropy which, by teaching us to love, causes us to judge with lenity all men; striking at the root of self-righteousness, and warning us to be sparing of our condemnation of others, while our own salvation is not yet secure.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Their manner and attitudes were the last expression of complacent self-righteousness.
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