Priggishness
Adjective:
self-righteous, smug, stiff, stuffy, prim, puritanical, narrow-minded, pedantic, starchy (informal), self-satisfied, prudish, goody-goody (informal), holier-than-thou.
I can be a priggish, self-righteous idiotic toad.
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Self-flagellation-is that a muharram thing?
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