self-righteousadjective
uk/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs/us/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs/disapprovingbelieving that your ideas and behaviour are morally better than those of other people:
He's so self-righteous - like he's never done anything wrong in his life.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feeling morally superior
- claim
- claim the moral high ground idiom
- de haut en bas
- holier-than-thou
- judgmental
- moralistic
- preachy
- priggish
- sanctimonious
- superior
- superiority complex
self-righteously
adverb uk/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.li/us/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.li/
self-righteousness
noun [ U ] uk/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.nəs/us/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.nəs/