holier-than-thou Definition
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holier-than-thou
adj
- 1. derog
- Believing oneself to be morally superior; sanctimonious, often patronizingly so.
- Thesaurus: sanctimonious, self-righteous, self-satisfied, smug, complacent, pious, priggish, unctuous.
