sanction
nounOfficial authorization; also a penalty used to enforce a rule.
Official permission
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self-righteous
adjectiveConvinced of one's own moral superiority, often intolerantly.
sophist
nounA person who uses clever but misleading reasoning; also a member of an ancient Greek teaching tradition.
Clever but misleading reasoner
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