Both Uses of
self-righteous
in
John Adams by McCullough
- ...and if some of what he later said on the subject would sound a little self-righteous, he was also being entirely honest.
Subsection 1.1.2self-righteous = believing oneself morally superior to others
- ...he was Salem-born-and-bred, a Harvard graduate, proud, opinionated, self-righteous, and utterly humorless.
Subsection 3.9.1 *
Definition:
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(self-righteous) believing oneself morally superior to others -- especially in an annoying manner