独どく善ぜん的てき

na-adjective

self-righteous

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する。

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

• 独どく善ぜん的てきにならず、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 being self-righteous.