独どく善ぜん

noun

self-righteousness; self-justified

Describes a person or attitude that assumes one's own views and actions are always correct, often with a negative connotation of being smug or unwilling to listen to others.

• 彼かれの独どく善ぜん的てきな態たい度どにはうんざりだ。

  I'm fed up with his self-righteous attitude.

• 独どく善ぜんに陥おちいらず、他た人にんの意い見けんにも耳みみを傾かたむけるべきだ。

  You should listen to others' opinions without falling into self-righteousness.