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holier-than-thou

UK /ˈhəʊ.li.ə ðən ˈðaʊ/US /ˈhoʊ.li.ɚ ðən ˈðaʊ/

adjective1

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Hypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious; smugly morally superior.
- But I can understand the hon. member's sense of sanctimony; he has now been a member of the NDP caucus for a while and the holier-than-thou attitude has been bred into him. — 1980

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