self-righteously

• Adverb, das eine Handlung beschreibt, die mit einem Gefühl moralischer Überlegenheit oder Selbstgerechtigkeit ausgeführt wird; oft mit der Implikation, dass sich die Person für tugendhafter oder im Recht befindlicher hält als andere.

An adverb describing an action performed with an attitude of moral superiority or smugness, often implying that the person believes they are more virtuous or correct than others.

1. In a sanctimonious mannerC1formal

   Acting or speaking with an exaggerated sense of one's own moral superiority or virtue.

   Selbstgerecht

   • He self-righteously lectured everyone about recycling, even though he drove a gas-guzzling car.
   • She self-righteously declared that her way was the only correct way to raise children.
   • They self-righteously condemned the actions of others while ignoring their own faults.

   Synonymeholier-than-thoupiouslypretentiouslysanctimoniouslysmuglysuperciliously

   Antonymehumblymeeklymodestly