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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS

SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS Self `-right "eous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

self-righteousness

self-right eous ness noun the quality or state of being self-righteous.

 

Oxford Dictionary

self-righteousness

self-righteous ¦ness |ˌsɛlfˈrʌɪtʃəsnəs | noun [ mass noun ] the quality or state of being self-righteous.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

self-righteousness

self-righteousness noun his diary records the incident in a tone of self-righteousness: sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, self-satisfaction, smugness, superiority, priggishness, complacency, piety, unctuousness, hypocrisy; rare pietism, Pharisaism, Tartufferie. ANTONYMS humility.