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Holier-than-thou   /hˈoʊliər-ðæn-ðaʊ/   Listen
adjective
holier-than-thou  adj.  Being excessively or hypocritically pious while condemning others as being less virtuous than oneself.
Synonyms: pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Holier-than-thou" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the criminal courts would have described him as a highbrow and as a holier-than-thou; perhaps he might in a moment of jocularity have even so described himself—for he had his human—perhaps I should have said, his weaker—side. Surely he seemed human enough when he kissed Eleanor good-by at the door of their country place on the Sound the morning ...
— By Advice of Counsel • Arthur Train



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