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holier-than-thou

adjective as in self-righteously pious

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“It’s like a milkshake gone bad. I don’t like holier-than-thou people. I hate that.”

I like that Shetty doesn’t approach his work from a holier-than-thou perspective — his general vibe seems to be, This is what worked for me, and if you want to try it, cool.

Plus I get to be holier-than-thou to almost everyone I know!

From Slate

The appeal of “Unholy” comes from the way it wags a lusty finger at holier-than-thou puritanism and presents queerness as the basis of aesthetic liberation.

Longtime friends lauded Hartmire’s ability to weave his community into social justice causes without coming across as holier-than-thou.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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