"-than thou" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Anglais]

IPA: \ð(ə)n ˈðaʊ\, \ðən ˈðaʊ\, \ð(ə)n ˈðaʊ\, \ðən ˈðaʊ\
  1. Plus ... que les autres.
    Sense id: fr--than_thou-en-adj-ZhAqEJqW Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions adjectivales en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Locution adjectivale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Religious Humanism, 1972",
          "text": "To be a radical is not be \"lefter than thou'\" or \"more Mao than thou.\" The genuine radical is hard put to find himself on the political spectrum. For to be radical means to get at the root or origin of a problem; it is to get at fundamentals.",
          "translation": "Être un radical ce n’est pas être \"plus de gauche que les autres\" ni \"plus maoïste que les autres\". Le vrai radical a du mal à se trouver sur l’échiquier politique. Car être radical signifie s’attaquer à la racine ou à l’origine d’un problème ; il s’agit d’aborder les fondamentaux."
        }
      ],
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        "Plus ... que les autres."
      ],
      "id": "fr--than_thou-en-adj-ZhAqEJqW",
      "note": "Est précédé d’un adjectif au comparatif"
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "\\ð(ə)n ˈðaʊ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ðən ˈðaʊ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ð(ə)n ˈðaʊ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ðən ˈðaʊ\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-than thou"
}
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    "Locutions adjectivales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Locution adjectivale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Religious Humanism, 1972",
          "text": "To be a radical is not be \"lefter than thou'\" or \"more Mao than thou.\" The genuine radical is hard put to find himself on the political spectrum. For to be radical means to get at the root or origin of a problem; it is to get at fundamentals.",
          "translation": "Être un radical ce n’est pas être \"plus de gauche que les autres\" ni \"plus maoïste que les autres\". Le vrai radical a du mal à se trouver sur l’échiquier politique. Car être radical signifie s’attaquer à la racine ou à l’origine d’un problème ; il s’agit d’aborder les fondamentaux."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Plus ... que les autres."
      ],
      "note": "Est précédé d’un adjectif au comparatif"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "\\ð(ə)n ˈðaʊ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ðən ˈðaʊ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ð(ə)n ˈðaʊ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ðən ˈðaʊ\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-than thou"
}

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