Self-righteousness
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Self-righteousness is a display or state of moral arrogance; the quality of someone who believes himself or herself to be morally (and, oftentimes, intellectually) superior to either a single individual or a group of individuals.
Those who are self-righteous often act in invidious, contemptuous, and unapologetic ways towards their targets. -
the quality of believing that your ideas and behaviour are morally better than those of other people:
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