self-righteous
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For TV producers, it's long been tempting to invite two self-righteous zealots into a studio to bellow at each other.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
But the intensity of our rage can easily come across as self-righteous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
MacGruber starts the sketch self-righteous, noting that the “rich and powerful have lived by a different set of rules than the rest of us.”
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
Smug, as we use it as a synonym for conceited or self-righteous, emerged from its earlier sense of “neat and trim,” which is exactly the ideal of a pert bump.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
When he spoke about Robbie, which wasn’t often, it was with a touch of self-righteous vindication.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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