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"holier-than-thou" Definitions
  1. showing that you think that you are morally better than other people

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Of course American house music has never been exclusively holier-than-thou.
Yet this isn't a scolding play or a holier-than-thou one.
It's the holier-than-thou sentiments as well as the compulsive bragging.
Either that or I'm sanctimonious and have a holier-than-thou attitude.
My staying off of [social media] was never a holier than thou thing.
" Trump also attacked Democrats on the judicial committee, calling them "holier than thou.
So when you tried to act holier than thou, it really doesn't work.
So when you try to act holier than thou, it really doesn't work.
" She added, "We have a holier-than-thou, black-and-white thinking about it.
His rivals were even more severe, painting him as a holier-than-thou politician.
"Today's culture has a few spots open for holier-than-thou celebs," Cashmore said.
Vegans might also be accused of being overemotional or holier-than-thou, she noted.
"When you try to act holier than thou, it really doesn't work," Trump said.
Russ Feingold, who took himself very seriously and struck a pose of holier-than-thou
At this point, journalists risk sounding like holier-than-thou scolds even raising these issues.
But this holier-than-thou ballyhoo is but a diversionary tactic, insidious in the extreme.
That's not to say you need to serve up some holier-than-thou health food.
The Harvey Weinstein Democrats are finally paying a price for a holier than thou lifestyle.
This holier-than-thou approach became more about the advisors and less about their clients.
And, somehow, she manages to deliver her insights without an ounce of holier-than-thou 'tude.
But even with her green beauty obsession, Watson leaves the holier-than-thou attitude at home.
What may come off as a holier-than-thou comment is actually how they show their passion.
"It sounds a bit holier than thou, but I just want people to be inspired," says Gibson.
Others get very into specific self-help philosophies or practices that they adopt holier-than-thou attitudes.
I'd prefer my database be used to change elections and blackmail hypocritical, holier-than-thou American politicians.
"All the holier than thou comments on here are why so many mothers feel isolated," wrote one fan.
On the other hand, the guide says complete abstinence can seem "rude, anti-social and holier-than-thou".
He has a highly developed sense of his own morality and sometimes comes across as holier than thou.
To many, Moby is an inspiring philanthropic hero; to others, he's a paragon of holier-than-thou liberalism.
To do so, he must broaden his coalition, temper his rhetoric, and lose his holier than thou attitude.
Weapon: Holier than thou, will condemn you Mars in analytical Virgo strategizes and approaches problems with surgical precision.
After some negative press, Musk decided the business model of the "holier-than-thou" media was to blame.
And what I thought was a holier-than-thou pretension was the self-possession that continues to impress Tess.
"He was looking aloof, a little bit holier-than-thou, and pompous," a former NBC executive told the outlet.
"Here's a guy that lied and now he's up there talking like he's holier than thou," the president said.
By failing to connect with what my coworkers saw as their vice, I may have seemed holier-than-thou.
Even better, it doesn't just accuse (nor is it holier than thou), but also suggests a better way forward.
She tells her daughter to shut the fuck up, and stop acting like some progressive, holier-than-thou princess.
What follows is a betrayal, a gooey self-realization, and Andy reverting to becoming a holier-than-thou figure.
Unfortunately, it's also not very surprising from a coach for whom holier-than-thou posturing has become all too standard.
November 9 will be a perplexing day for holier-than-thou class that cannot wrap its heads around Trump's appeal.
The Texas Republican absorbed cutting attacks from his rivals, including Rubio, who chided him for his holier-than-thou approach.
"Liberals love to be so sanctimonious, holier than thou, but they're really hypocrites," said Fox's Sean Hannity on Oct. 10.
There's always that one restaurant that gives off an excruciatingly holier-than-thou vibe—and it will be Aries's favorite!
And, look, I think, right now, a lot of us are kind of sick of this whole holier than thou persona.
As the week progresses, I begin to feel holier-than-thou, pitying the chemical-laden pits of the peasants around me.
Though we were well-meaning, we walked around shrouded in a holier-than-thou incense cloud of spiritual promise and spirulina.
What ANTM has done well is entertain, but selling it as a show with holier-than-thou intentions isn't entirely convincing.
"Forgiveness is a nice thing to do," she adds in her best holier-than-thou voice before bursting into a cackle.
But defeatism and that kind of holier-than-thou perfectionism or the "You're doing it wrong" brigade makes people give up.
And Cruz's holier-than-thou attitude has also earned him the ire of local voters angry at his stance on ethanol.
If everyone has faced similar struggles, we are hardly in a position to be holier-than-thou in our romantic lives.
"The mission is not to call people out or claim that we are holier than thou," CEO Blaine Hurst told CNBC.
"His line of defense was never 'We are holier than thou,'" said Dmitri Trenin, the director of the Carnegie Moscow Center.
We're told the cast thinks Lisa went all holier than thou -- putting out the story while simultaneously denying it and playing peacemaker.
He doesn't embellish anything, he doesn't act holier than thou, even if the surrealist reference might project an affectation that isn't there.
"I know all of this sounds so holier-than-thou and corny and all of that, but that's the case," she said.
I'm by no means holier than thou, but my drug days were behind me at the point that I got on tour.
After all, the American public was at that time such a clean public, such a naïve nation of holier-than-thou prudes.
It's like waking up early: Founding Fathers and faulty science aside, there's no good reason to be holier-than-thou about it.
There is a tendency among many people of faith to come across as holier than thou, more eager to judge than to forgive.
Which may sound like a specious nuance or holier-than-thou posturing, but has become an increasingly important factor in endorsement deal making.
"Holder wants favorable Democratic districts while arguing a false holier-than-thou principle of do as I say, not as I do," Walter added.
"It undermines his somewhat holier-than-thou persona," said Chip Felkel, a GOP strategist in South Carolina who is unaffiliated in the presidential race.
"Battery Charger", as he was known, did the rest, challenging the holier-than-thou approach of academia head on and forging close links with business.
There's sometimes an element of "too good for you" [in punk], it just seems either pedestrian or holier than thou, whereas Jay Z is neither.
For the first time in rock history, some holier-than-thou asshole would come up to you and knock your beer out of your hand.
Don't be holier than thou and say, 'Look, I'm doing this for the good of the world, and I want to see sunshine on Herbalife.
It all plays into the very widespread perception that Duke basketball is a sanctimonious and pompous enterprise that loves to project a decidedly holier-than-thou vibe.
In many cases he's an even less popular choice, given his willingness to fight with his own party in the Senate and his holier-than-thou personality.
While Kevin's therapist Barbara (Kate Burton) usually behaves like a holier-than-thou jerk throughout the "Fifth Wheel" proceedings, she does finally ask Rebecca a necessary question.
Then they open their door to Nour (Shaden Kanboura), a hijab-wearing university student with a holier-than-thou fiancé intent on making her his dutiful wife.
The corruption issue makes Blaine unpopular not just with Democrats, but also with reform-minded Republicans, a group labeled "Mugwumps," an Algonquin word for holier-than-thou types.
The wedge-drivers' reflexive endorsement of the policies of the current Israeli government, combined with their holier-than-thou condemnations, produce a combustible brew that serves no one.
AND THE POLITICIANS LISTENING TO THEM, WHO CLAIM HOLIER THAN THOU – NOW, WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THIS REFORM AND GET RID OF THE LOOPHOLES, IT'S AN OUTRAGE.
"And when they do get punishment, they don't believe they deserve this kind of punishment, and they go into prison with this 'holier than thou' attitude," Zoukis added.
Her opponent, Attorney General Josh Hawley, has strong connections with Greitens and something of a history of attempting to be holier-than-thou on matters relating to sex.
"I"m not holier than thou in this industry," says Patricof, "but if you want to be a publicly traded company, you should act like a public company.
Opinion So-called natural wines have recently supplanted kale as the "it" staple of trendy tables — the "latest in holier-than-thou drinking," according to The Financial Times.
That, in part, is because he did a successful job at cultivating his holier-than-thou persona, says Matthew Miller, a top Justice Department spokesperson in the Obama administration.
Justin Bieber must've felt holier than thou hugging it out with his pastor for 18 seconds ... but it didn't last, 'cause he became a sinful L.A. driver soon after.
To me he projected a vulnerable literary darling trying to turn his impish art criticism into a cultural inquisition based on holier-than-thou opinions sans convincing theoretical ties.
The tabloid newspaper alleged that "Pervy Ted Cruz", as it termed the standard-bearer of holier-than-thou Christian conservatism, was a serial philanderer, with at least five mistresses.
If you've been around wine geeks that drop phrases like, "let it breathe," or "slow legs," you may already have some sense of this leisurely, sometimes holier-than-thou pursuit.
I was getting sick to the back teeth of Harry Potter's holier-than-thou act and I felt like he deserved a lot of the stick he got from Draco.
If the indexing giant Vanguard were reincarnated as a pure stock-picking outfit, it might look a lot like Dodge & Cox: lean, cheap and not a little holier than thou.
Mr. Musk himself came in for criticism after he issued a series of recent Twitter posts complaining about negative media coverage of Tesla and attacking the "holier than thou" media.
"So many times, black protagonists have to be holier than thou, but he's not an angelic figure," says John Singleton, the Boyz n the Hood director and a friend of Coker's.
And on the election night, you may remember, 2016, your corrupt mainstream media, America&aposs holier-than-thou so-called "journalists" -- they had a collective depression and meltdown all on television.
And it's even fair for cattle producers to say that terms like "clean meat" have a somewhat misleading, holier-than-thou tone, considering the product is still made with animal blood.
But the furor over President Donald Trump's immigration and refugee ban reveals all the ways in which Silicon Valley is like its less holier-than-thou brethren in the corporate world.
" He then pivoted to Pence and other politicians"I don't understand why these holier-than-thou politicians — if they're so worried about China, why don't they stop all transactions with China?
This time the target is Flip or Flop star Christina El Moussa, who had to deal with the holier-than-thou commentary about her parenting not once, but twice, this week. Ugh.
Let the Europhiles in Boston drive their Swedish Volvos and the Los Angeles elites have their holier-than-thou Teslas; let New Yorkers rely on ride hailing and Mobility-as-a-Service.
"The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them," Musk wrote.
Chance of death: 11.11% Now that Mr. Holier-Than-Thou orchestrated a new (and weirdly uncomfortable) alliance between the crown (King Tommen) and his Faith Militant, he's got more power than the Pope.
Chance of death: 78.57% Now that Mr. Holier-Than-Thou orchestrated a new (and weirdly uncomfortable) alliance between the crown (King Tommen) and his Faith Militant, he's got more power than the Pope.
And the flaws within this oppressive, holier-than-thou type of fandom can also help explain just why Game of Thrones itself was such a disappointment to many in its final two seasons.
Kanye West wants to be holier-than-thou when it comes to hawking apparel embossed with his now-famous Sunday Service, because he's asking the feds to allow him to corner the market.
Twilight naturally became easy prey for every holier-than-thou critic looking to pile on more shit—which the series chose to ignore by maintaining its teenage girl sell across four subsequent flicks.
Those who find Comey a flawed messenger with a healthy sense of ego and a holier-than-thou belief in his own propriety may also find ammunition for their views in the book.
But some say the party risks shooting itself in the foot: "I think there's a sense of hyper political correctness, and that we're holier-than-thou," a former aide to Mr. Franken said.
However, what makes my blood pressure skyrocket from just a little elevated to stroke level are those holier-than-thou lefties who plan to vote for a third-party candidate or not at all.
Whether it's the looming public pension crisis, or supporting teachers' unions over charter schools — these policies enrage Republicans because the Democrats have a holier-than-thou attitude supporting policies that patently do not work.
Designs for plays like "The Playboy of the Western World" (1921) juxtapose the supposedly holier-than-thou geometries of Suprematism with goats and what appears to be a stupefied saint attached to a cross.
I'm not sure the forces of Trumpism can be so easily sidelined, and I'm not sure I can imagine holier-than-thou Ted Cruz leading the party in a more moderate direction, toward broader appeal.
"The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them," he said on Twitter.
One glance at Carlson's show explains why he's so popular among Fox News's red-meat audience — he devotes most of his time mocking liberals, deepening a sense that they are hypocritical and holier than thou.
The term "reddit atheist" has evolved as a shorthand in recent years for a negative internet cliché, that of the rabid Richard Dawkins supporter, the mansplainer, the hat-wearer fond of paradoxically holier-than-thou circlejerks.
"The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them," Musk started out by  tweeting .
However, if conservative Republican lawmakers and their supporters gave any thought at all to providing more, not fewer, social services for women of reproductive age, their holier-than-thou stance on abortion might ring more true.
All of us are familiar with holier-than-thou gamers who speak ex cathedra about how their defeats, sometimes at our hands, were accidents of game design—evidence of flaws that, once fixed, will set everything aright.
Sectarianism, holier-than-thou-ism, the gulf between the reprobate and the elect, the scanning of words and actions for the least flicker of ideological impurity: all this has a history as old as the nation itself.
He lambasted the press for it's "holier-than-thou hypocrisy" and said he would "create a site where the public can rate the core truth of any article" and track the "credibility store" of journalists and outlets.
It slowed down a great many things the President would do and it has given the Democrats this whole holier than thou Senate attitude that not confirming his candidates - and we&aposre not just talking about the court.
Another year of holier-than-thou handwringing over votes, with the usual dose of pomposity from the Baseball Writers Association of America that imagine themselves as Gandalf gatekeepers shouting "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" at perceived PED-era malefactors.
Maybe we should drop this holier-than-thou attitude considering there are posts out there wondering "Is Instagram pilot's 'cockpit selfie' all it seems" or stating "People Don't Know Whether Pictures Of Pilot Outside A Plane Are Real".
Comey's depiction of the President is likely to further anger his critics who see a holier-than-thou streak in his character and believe that he is nursing his own substantial ego, even as he goes after Trump.
I'd say that if Aristotle or Benjamin Franklin had electricity, they would've ditched the holier-than-thou 'healthy, wealthy, and wise,' B.S. and taken advantage of the opportunity to tuck a few hours of productivity into their evenings.
Unlike Jackson, Rivers is publicly accountable for his team on a near-daily basis, in large part because he doubles as coach, but also because he has not yet devolved into a holier-than-thou, thin-skinned curmudgeon.
Every president since the first George Bush has earned points by attacking political correctness and last month Obama joined in, receiving kudos for admonishing young people to stop trying to be holier than thou in their political righteousness.
Or with holier-than-thou irony — the way his fans eagerly watch his exploits and the way A-listers, like the magazine editor Tina Brown, invited him over to play a sort of court jester at their parties.
But they expect Russian hackers, or others, to try to disrupt the process — perhaps to help Donald J. Trump, but more likely to simply undercut what Mr. Putin views as America's holier-than-thou attitudes about its democratic procedures.
The theory being that, by using social media to publicize her own glamorous, flesh-and-diamond-filled life, Ms. Kardashian West was, in effect, playing with fire, and everyone could now wag a holier-than-thou finger at her.
After kicking off with medley of "Breadfan,""Holier Than Thou," and an on-fire "Battery,"  they stuck mostly to their first five albums, rolling out the dread stomp of "Harvester of Sorrows" and "Fade to Black" in quick succession.
Laaleen Khan, the founder of the Pakistani branch, has noted that South Asian society has its share of "disapproving Lady Catherine de Bourgh-esque society aunties, rakish Wickhams and Willoughbys, pretentious Mrs Eltons and holier-than thou Mr Collins types".
We haven't even been watching a show about her desperate attempts to hide her true identity from befuddled Good Place architect Michael (Ted Danson) or her holier-than-thou neighbor Tahani (Jameela Jamil), the better to stay in The Good Place.
And like "Portlandia," the show sends up the quirks of young hipsterdom, whether it's waiting in line for churrons (the hot new churro-macaron hybrid) or taking desperate measures to retain membership in a holier-than-thou food co-op.
But when the camping trip gathers Kathryn's meek sister, holier than thou ex-best friend and a free-spirited Tagalong in one place, it becomes a weekend of tested marriages and woman on woman crime that won't soon be forgotten.
Meyers runs through the fudged book-report vibe of the president trying to comment on the Colombian FARC crisis and his climate change remarks at the G7, as well as the "fake principled, holier-than-thou PenceBot short-circuiting" in Ireland.
"Australia hides a lot of shame, so when someone acts holier than thou, we try to tear them down before they can even be heard - the Australian national mantra is "that may be well and good, but we have our own problems.
" "Most of the phony politicians who are Democrats who I watched over the last couple of days – most of those phonies that act holier-than-thou, if the same thing happened to them, they would have taken that meeting in a heartbeat.
"Louise is the only one out there I trust — she's not holier than thou, yet somehow miraculously gets my reluctant arse into gear and sometimes even keeps it there," Thompson, 57, said in a press release shared with PEOPLE, for Parker's new cookbook The Louise Parker Method: Lean for Life.
I feel a little self conscious about something, where just like ... When you ask these questions, we try to answer them, but I hope it doesn't sound holier than thou or sanctimonious, because it's like, we're from Hollywood, which God knows is as vacuous as any place on earth, right?
Google's "Don't be evil" motto and the holier-than-thou stance adopted by many new technology companies was intended to set them apart from the old guard: the infamous misanthropy of Steve Jobs at Apple, the aggressive monopolism of Bill Gates at Microsoft and the self-aggrandisement of Larry Ellison at Oracle.
What could be either an overblown laugh at the group's own excessive expense or holier than thou sermon on the party's eventual end is, instead, a sensitive and sincere portrayal of the daily experience of a generation left with little more to look forward to than Saturday nights slide into Sunday morning's hangover.
David Brooks and his holier-than-thou ilk are not only unfair in their assessment of her, but they also act as if they are unaware of the consequences of this dismissive, condescending portrayal, which is to actively encourage those who will either sit this election out or vote for a third-party candidate.
"The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them," Musk said on Twitter last month during a spat of bad press, which he dismissed as the merely the result of a bankrupt media ecosystem.
The real losers from the IOC's failure to ban might be the Russian athletes themselves, because now their potential to win will motivate coaches and sports officials to continue to seek workarounds to sustain the doping program But I'd like to caution that any holier-than-thou reaction to the IOC's non-ban should give us pause.
The early findings of a follow-up study Ms Desai is conducting suggest that, for example, when Americans see a moral quotation appended to an e-mail they tend to take it as a true representation of the sender's beliefs; Australians, by contrast, suspect the sender is being "holier than thou", and tend to trust him less.
These are encouraging steps, but much more is needed: not only the kind of spiritual renewal that Pope Francis demands but also the kind of systematic change that can safeguard children and vulnerable adults, restore some credibility to the institutional church and begin to dismantle the culture of clericalism — the spiritual elitism of holier-than-thou cliques who cover for one another as they try to run the church.

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