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holier-than-thou
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
holier-than-thou \holier-than-thou\ adj. being excessively or hypocritically pious while condemning others as being less virtuous than oneself.
Syn: pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
as an adjectival phrase in reference to supercilious sanctimony attested by 1888, American English. The text is in Isaiah lxv:5.
Wiktionary
a. sanctimonious, self-righteously, or hypocritically pious
WordNet
adj. excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile" [syn: pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous]
Wikipedia
A holier-than-thou attitude is a feeling of smug moral superiority.
Holier-than-thou may also refer to:
- Holier Than Thou (fanzine), a science fiction fanzine
- "Holier Than Thou" (song), a 1991 song by heavy metal band Metallica
Usage examples of "holier-than-thou".
God, and too much unethical or immoral conduct by the holier-than-thou crowds for anybody to trust organized religions as an RLB source.
It became my credo, the central theme of my life, but if it had not been for the intolerance and pigheadedness I exhibited with such grandiosity in those years and the weird sideburns and holier-than-thou attitude that I paraded around with, I would have entered into my maturity as uninterested in the world of ideas as any other Southerner.
But I do believe, once the rock's turned over, that we'll find the Liberals and Progressives have taken their holier-than-thou draft to the bank one too many times.