Her desire for self-righteousness overwhelms the rest of her personality.
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Self-righteousness
Synonyms for "self-righteousness" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (13)
Translations
19 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- самодоволство noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
Dutch
2 entries- eigengerechtigheid noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
- zelfgenoegzaamheid noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
Finnish
1 entries- omahyväisyys noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
French
1 entries- dédain noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
Galician
2 entries- condescendencia noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
- desdén noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
German
1 entries- Selbstgerechtigkeit noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
Macedonian
1 entries- самоправедност noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
Polish
3 entries- przemądrzałość noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
- pyszałkowatość noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
- zarozumiałość noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
Russian
1 entries- самодово́льство noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
Spanish
4 entries- fariseísmo noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
- mojigatería noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
- mojigatez noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
- santurronería noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
Swedish
2 entries- egenrättfärdighet noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
- självrättfärdighet noun (confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Self-righteousness is one of the most off-putting human qualities.
Source: tatoeba (8603920)
The book of Job warns us against self-righteousness, since no man can justify himself to God.
Source: wiktionary
The heroines of these plays speak out against intraracial biases, stereotyping, lynchmobs, illiteracy, poverty, promiscuity, self-righteousness, verbally abusive men, rape, and miscegenation. […] Without warning the doctor, she chokes the life out of her child in order to keep him safe from white lynchmobs.
Source: wiktionary
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