self-righteously
adverb
uk/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.li/us/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.li/in aself-righteousway(=believingthatyourideasandbehaviouraremorallybetterthan other people's):
Wereadthesebooksandshakeourheadsself-righteously,certainthat if we had been there, it would never havehappened.
Thepeoplewho self-righteouslyclaimtoknowthe most about theenvironmenthere are not from here.
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self-righteous
- Sometimes mymindself-righteouslyjudgesthepeoplewemeet.
 - "I told you he couldn'tcook," said Terry self-righteously.
 - Thepaperself-righteously took up thestory,forcingthe othernewspaperstofollowsuit.
 
Feeling morally superior
- claim
 - claim the moral high groundidiom
 - de haut en bas
 - holier-than-thou
 - judgmental
 - judgmentally
 - loftiness
 - moralistic
 - pearl-clutching
 - preachy
 - priggish
 - righteously
 - sanctimonious
 - sanctimoniously
 - sanctimoniousness
 - self-righteous
 - superior
 - superiority complex
 - virtue signalling
 - virtuous