0 the quality of believing that your ideas and behaviour are morally better than those of other people: --
They respond to questions from broadcasters with a nauseating mixture of arrogance and self-righteousness.
There is a savour of self-righteousness about us when we condemn the misdeeds of foreign people.
Why, then, is there all this high, sanctimonious self-righteousness from the other side?
He can merely shout into the wind and endeavour to show that his self-righteousness in impenetrable either by argument or by truth.
It may enable us to take up a posture of self-righteousness.
I have seen no evidence of the self-righteousness or self-indulgence that is sometimes displayed on this issue.
I ask that we all refrain from self-righteousness.
As for nonsmokers, they often have a feeling of self-righteousness.
I do not think we are going to build up international confidence by approaching other nations in a spirit of unctuous self-righteousness.