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holier than thou
holier-than-thouSanctimonious; maintaining an obnoxious air of moral superiority or condescension. (Usually used before a noun, especially "attitude.") While he makes good points, his holier-than-thou attitude is not likely to win him many allies.holier than thou characterized by an attitude of self-conscious virtue and piety. This phrase comes from Isaiah 65:5: ‘Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou’.See also: holy, thouholier than thouSanctimonious, pretending moral superiority. This term comes from the Bible (Isaiah 65:5), where the prophet, speaking of sinners, holds that they say “Come not near me, for I am holier than thou.” The term is often used as an adjective (and hyphenated: holier-than-thou) as in Sinclair Lewis’s novel Babbitt (1922), “But I don’t want you to think you can get away with any of that holier-than-thou stuff.”See also: holy, thouAcronymsSeeHTT |