self-righteous

English

Etymology

self- +‎ righteous

Adjective

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

1. Piously self-assured and smugly moralistic.

Derived terms

• self-righteously
• self-righteousness

Translations

piously self-assured and smugly moralistic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自以為是／自以为是 (zh) (zìyǐwéishì), 自以为是 (zh) (zìyǐwéishì)

• Danish: selvretfærdig
• Esperanto: farisea
• Finnish: omahyväinen (fi), hurskasteleva (fi)
• French: bien-pensant (fr)
• Galician: condescendente (gl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: selbstgerecht (de)
• Irish: ceartaiseach
• Italian: farisaico m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvrettferdig, fariseisk

• Portuguese: farisaico (rare)
• Russian: самодово́льный (ru) (samodovólʹnyj), самоуве́ренный (ru) (samouvérennyj)
• Spanish: mojigato (es) m, creído (es), santurrón m, farisaico (es) m

See also

• virtue signalling