"self-righteous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more self-righteous [comparative], most self-righteous [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English righteous English self-righteous From self- + righteous. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|self-|righteous|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English righteous English self-righteous [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*swé", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*selbʰ-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*selbaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "self", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "self-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "self-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "self-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "righteous", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "self-righteous", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="self-righteous"> From self- + righteous. Head templates: {{en-adj}} self-righteous (comparative more self-righteous, superlative most self-righteous)
  1. Piously self-assured and smugly moralistic. Synonyms: smug, complacent, sanctimonious Coordinate_terms: self-assured, self-satisfied, sententious Translations (piously self-assured and smugly moralistic): самоуве́рен (samouvéren) (Bulgarian), purità [masculine] (Catalan), gata maula [feminine] (Catalan), 自以為是 /自以为是 (zìyǐwéishì) (Chinese Mandarin), selvretfærdig (Danish), farisea (Esperanto), omahyväinen (Finnish), hurskasteleva (Finnish), tekohurskas (Finnish), bien-pensant (French), condescendente (Galician), selbstgerecht (German), önelégült (Hungarian), öntelt (Hungarian), szenteskedő (Hungarian), szentfazék (Hungarian), ceartaiseach (Irish), farisaico [masculine] (Italian), масайраған (masayrağan) (Kazakh), масаттанған (masattanğan) (Kazakh), паңданған (paŋdanğan) (Kazakh), 고지식하다 (gojisikhada) (Korean), selvrettferdig (Norwegian Bokmål), fariseisk (Norwegian Bokmål), pyszałkowaty (Polish), przemądrzały (Polish), zarozumiały (Polish), zadufany (Polish), zadufany w sobie (Polish), farisaico [rare] (Portuguese), самодово́льный (samodovólʹnyj) (Russian), самоуве́ренный (samouvérennyj) (Russian), ха́нжеский (xánžeskij) (Russian), фарисе́йский (fariséjskij) (Russian), mojigato (Spanish), creído (Spanish), santurrón (Spanish), farisaico (Spanish), egenrättfärdig (Swedish), självrättfärdig (Swedish)
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  2. Patronizingly moralizing and rebuking.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: holier-than-thou Derived forms: self-righteously, self-righteousness Related terms: virtue signalling
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      "roman": "samouvéren",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "самоуве́рен"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
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      "word": "purità"
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      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
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      "word": "gata maula"
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      "roman": "zìyǐwéishì",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "自以為是 /自以为是"
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      "code": "da",
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      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "selvretfærdig"
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      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "farisea"
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "omahyväinen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "hurskasteleva"
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "tekohurskas"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "bien-pensant"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "condescendente"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "selbstgerecht"
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      "word": "szenteskedő"
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      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "ceartaiseach"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "farisaico"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
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      "roman": "masayrağan",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "масайраған"
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    {
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      "roman": "masattanğan",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
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      "roman": "paŋdanğan",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "паңданған"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "gojisikhada",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "고지식하다"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "selvrettferdig"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "fariseisk"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "pyszałkowaty"
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      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "przemądrzały"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "zarozumiały"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "zadufany"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "zadufany w sobie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "farisaico"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "samodovólʹnyj",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "самодово́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "samouvérennyj",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "самоуве́ренный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "xánžeskij",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "ха́нжеский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "fariséjskij",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "фарисе́йский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "mojigato"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "creído"
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      "word": "santurrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "farisaico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "egenrättfärdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "piously self-assured and smugly moralistic",
      "word": "självrättfärdig"
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  "word": "self-righteous"
}

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