Self righteous types

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The crossword clue Self-righteous types with 5 letters was last seen on the August 14, 2016. We think the likely answer to this clue is PRIGS. Below are all possible answers to this clue ordered by its rank. You can easily improve your search by specifying the number of letters in the answer.

Rank	Word	Clue
94%	PRIGS	Self-righteous types
3%	SOTS	Tipsy types
3%	WAGS	Witty types

3%	SORTS	Types
3%	SMUG	Self-righteous
3%	HOLIERTHANTHOU	Self-righteous

3%	GOODYGOODY	Self-righteous
3%	PHARISAIC	Self-righteous
2%	SAPS	Mushy-gushy types
2%	UPPITY	Self-important
2%	EGOCENTRIC	Self-centred
2%	EGO	Self-reverence
2%	META	Self-referential
2%	DARERS	Risk-taking types
2%	NARCISSISM	Self-absorption
2%	APLOMB	Self-assurance
2%	KEYS	Types (in)
2%	SNOBS	Uppity types
2%	ASPS	Viper types
2%	MAURALIZA	Self-righteous pair?

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Righteous vs. Self-Righteous | Psychology Today

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Investigating the literature on this subject yields a teasingly twofold result. Traditionally, the two personality categories have been examined in a predominately theological light. They’re now, however, being considered along noticeably more secular lines.

In both instances, self-righteousness emerges as more culpable, or less to be respected, than righteousness. Still, if these two existential stances are viewed through the lens of contemporary moral psychology, independent of scriptural dogma, the ultimate distinctions between them become somewhat blurry.

The Theological Perspective

Let’s explore first how righteousness and self-righteousness have been differentially defined from a doctrinal vantage point. Biblically speaking, righteousness is about being in right standing with God—vs. self-righteousness, recognized as giving final authority for one’s decisions not to God but to one’s self. So self-righteousness becomes, paradoxically, a kind of self-trusting sacrilege: The person isn’t serving God’s will but profaning God by serving, or taking final direction from, themselves.

To one writer, Jesus was 100% righteous and, too, 100% right. And since we’re all sinners, when we deign to see ourselves as righteous, we’re actually being self-righteous. This notion is absolutist, as this author’s repetition of “100%” clearly implies. And, of course, such authoritarian teachings don’t allow for any exceptions or modifications.

Similar to other religious interpreters of canonically accepted tenets, self-righteousness is seen adversely as unrighteous. Consider the words of another sectarian author:

The irony of self-righteousness is that it trust[s] in itself, its feelings, its emotions, its desires, its logic, and its understanding. So it never sees the error in its own ways.

In short, as deemed by many theistic writers, self-righteous individuals have a bad attitude: They’re intolerant, smug and sanctimonious, and—overly confident about their righteousness or moral superiority—they attempt to “lord” it over others, unjustifiably putting them down as weak, dependent, and indiscriminately placing collective faith over individualized, non-religious experience.

Compare this to the often-quoted biblical line: “Judge not that ye be not judged” (Matthew 7:1). Or, if you’re going to judge anyone, you ought to first judge yourself. (Otherwise, because it’s premature to “throw stones” at others, you have no business doing so.)

On the contrary, the righteous are assumed to be humble, devoutly and dutifully revering God as He’s worshipfully depicted in Holy Scriptures. Moreover, it’s not the righteous but the self-righteous who implicitly (and unjustifiably) declare themselves “holier than thou.”

The Secular Perspective

Those perceived as self-righteous don’t really fare any better when seen in a more secular light. But it also needs to be added that the righteous (or so-called “godly”) are themselves typically viewed less positively when placed under this more worldly microscope. In fact, the two types don’t diverge anywhere as much in this context. In some ways, they’re almost as complementary as they are contrasting.

Here, people labeled as self-righteous are negatively identified as characteristically vainglorious and self-deceiving; gratuitously feeling superior; and being arrogant, elitist, and self-aggrandizing (sometimes falling headlong into the pitiable pit of narcissism).

Beyond that, the self-righteous are also regarded as hypocritical in that they employ a double standard when it comes to “right” behavior. Despite their being just as prone to displaying faulty judgment and acting in a blameworthy manner as those deemed righteous, they nonetheless proclaim that their morality is more enlightened and moral than these more pious individuals (sometimes sarcastically described by them as self-righteous “goody-goodies”).

Applying far more lenient standards for assessing their own personal behaviors, they exhibit a favorable self-bias that itself may be eminently deserving of criticism. And as already suggested, they can be highly judgmental of, and disputatious with, others.

Yet unmitigated righteousness may not, at least viewed secularly, fare much better. Once again, pondering the irony of many of the routine distinctions that writers have come up with to distinguish between the two orientations to reality, here’s how one author endeavors to separate—and maybe not separate—the two:

Merely holding the view that the righteous are superior to the non-righteous, whatever that means, strongly hints that you consider yourself in the former category. If so, you’re self-righteous. [Or, in other words, if you’re not truly humble about your righteousness, then you can’t really be regarded as righteous at all.]

There are definitely times when a person sincerely believes that they have more authority to judge themselves than do others, even if there exists a broad consensus that their behavior is reprehensible. And in this regard, consider the biographical movie Monster, in which the serial killer (played by Charlize Theron) says—and with utter conviction—that she’s “good with the Lord,” absent any remorse for all the men she’s ruthlessly murdered.

Regrettably, it’s all-too-easy for certain individuals to vindicate themselves apart from evidence that would make their “righteous” self-justification seem almost psychotic. For a person’s deeds can betray their “divine” righteousness as a total sham.

Reconciling the Religious With the Secular

If righteousness pinpoints a person’s allegiance to a moral code without their feeling compelled to self-advantageously compare it to another’s, then we can conclude that—whether seen monastically or materialistically—it involves a humility free of self-righteousness. And it may well be that, first and foremost, authentic righteousness is best perceived as portraying a truly humble attitude.

The quotation below, from New Testament theologian Darrell Bock (1994), makes a forceful case for seeing humility as at the core of what’s missing from the self-righteous:

Pride preaches merit; humility pleads for compassion ... Pride separates by putting down others; humility identifies with others, recognizing we all have the same [essential] need[s]. Pride destroys through its alienating self-service; humility opens doors with its power to sympathize with the struggle we share. Pride turns up its nose; humility offers an open and lifted-up hand.

Jonathan Haidt, in his book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012), attempts to reconcile the enduring dissension about what constitutes righteousness by resorting to contemporary moral psychology. Utilizing this subjective but non-prejudicial approach to better apprehend divergent ethical viewpoints, he believes we can foster an understanding that, potentially, could bridge the gap among people whose biases markedly differ.

With greater comprehension such age-old conflicts might be made more congruent, offering themselves up to a mutually adaptive resolution—which unfortunately has yet to occur. As Michael Hogan (2012) puts it in his essay “The Righteous Mind,” Haidt’s goal “is to drain some of the heat, anger, and divisiveness out of political and religious debate and replace them with awe, wonder, and curiosity” [what secularists themselves typically view as “spiritual”]. Admittedly an idealistic solution, this viewpoint is supported by scientific procedures for appreciating the “deeply emotional, intuitive, selfish, and groupish nature of our moral psychology.”

So, to conclude this discussion, taking God or a higher authority out of the equation permits us to focus on essential matters of justice and fairness as most (though not all) humans recognize them. And looking for values that are universally shared, even by individuals who differ in their religious and political priorities, might at last connect us by centering on what, without betraying our ideals, we can agree upon. Only then can the gulf be bridged between views based on orthodox religious teachings and those grounded in the scientific study of unchangeable human nature.

Doubtless, the sooner we can effect this reconciliation the better, since we’re all in this disjointed, embattled, and chaotic world together. And whether we like it or not, our destinies are inextricably entwined.

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Meaning of the word "SMART"

Full of contentment, self-admiration.

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Meaning of the word "TYPE"

A form, a type of something that has certain characteristics, as well as a pattern, to which a certain group of objects, phenomena corresponds.

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Sentences with "smug type"0056

Michael was prosaic, stingy, self-satisfied, but he is unusually kind and certainly not selfish!

But he's so smug that he doesn't even realize it.

Sir Leicester is particularly smug today because he has found in his newspaper a few remarks that coincide with his views on the gateways and limits of the social order.

He is arrogant and smug.

If every cop was as smug as you, Hong Kong would already look like a graveyard.

His slight smile was just as officially affectionate and just as self-satisfied; the look is just as strict, thoughtful and, as it were, absent-minded.

You are arrogant and smug.

Pilar is not self-satisfied or unscrupulous. Lying makes her very angry

I was smug and impatient.

The Colonel's face broke into a wide and amazingly self-satisfied smile.

Because of the wrinkles at the corners of her mouth and eyes, a self-satisfied grin seemed to be glued to her face forever.

Casilia Tisalver stood stretched out. Her round face wore a hard, self-satisfied smile. Dark eyes shone with triumph.

That smug smirk I'm going to skip after we wire our money and I'm leaving you forever.

Yes, you, you are condescending, self-satisfied...

This self-satisfied confidence made me shudder inwardly.

Your book is pretentious, smug and self-absorbed.

His self-satisfied face is nothing compared to the face of that dunce who used to come here.

I always thought that smug arrogance was your most disgusting trait.

She is a smug diva who only cares about her career.

And you're acting like the annoying, smug Rachel from Lima on steroids.

When this flight ends, I'll have more money than you and your self-satisfied family could ever imagine.

Repentant, not complacent.

When her smug mother rejects her, Maggie becomes a prostitute to survive, but soon commits suicide out of desperation.

Yes, and all his relatives are the most self-satisfied and perfect blockheads! ..

The next day, a smugly grinning Goblin hobbled up to me.

Davad smiled at her words and smugly stroked her protruding belly.

His gaze rested on a smugly grinning Kate, and a surprised smile lit up his face.

"He was surprised, but we weren't," Kittinger says somewhat smugly.

Now, - he said smugly, - we are on the rally line, about one and a half kilometers ahead of the lead car.

Covering himself with a sheet of newspaper, he smugly laughed and cursed in an undertone.

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Smug - concept and meaning

Consider what the concept and meaning of the word self-satisfied means (information provided by intellect.icu).

Self-satisfied is - 1. Satisfied with oneself - due to conviction in one's own merits, merits - and not hiding it.
2. a) Full of self-satisfaction. b) Expressing self-satisfaction.

Self-satisfied is - Full of contentment, self-admiration, expressing self-satisfaction. S. man. C. view. Smugly (adverb) smile.

Smug is - 1. Smug, smug; smug, self-satisfied, self-satisfied. Convinced of his own merits and therefore pleased with himself, full of self-satisfaction. Self-satisfied chatterboxes, hunters of fashionable disputes ... you frankly despised the face of Nekra perfect look Smug character.
2. Expressing self-satisfaction. Self-satisfied face. Smugly (adverb) smile.

-th, -th; -flax, -flax, -flax.

Confident in his own merits, prosperity and therefore pleased with himself.

Seryozha puts on an officer's uniform and, happy, self-satisfied, rushes in his own cab and on his own trotter along the Nevsky. Saltykov-Shchedrin, Poshekhonskaya antiquity.

Meresyev looked with hatred at this well-fed, self-satisfied man, so self-confident, calm, polite. B. Polevoy, The Tale of a Real Man.

Expressing satisfaction with himself, testifying to the German

Smug looking. Self-satisfied smile.

Fedot's face at that moment had a happy and self-satisfied expression of a conqueror of women's hearts. Drifter, Minion.

— Keep in mind: the façade trims the face itself. Self-satisfied pride was heard in his voice. Korolenko, gone!

Digital pronunciation

Smug has soundex-C531, metaphone-"samadavalnay", double-metaphone SMTF.

Self righteous types