self-righteous
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She believes the negative reaction was self-righteous because the recordings captured an everyday occurrence and says people should stop judging.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 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
“I know James isn’t going to take the impression in a more self-righteous or shrill direction,” he says—not because “SNL” is playing things safe, but because the bit simply wouldn’t be as funny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 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
Liddy summarized his view of Ellsberg: “Unstable, self-righteous, egotistical.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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