Word Meaning 独善

どくぜん dokuzen

独善 is read as どくぜん (dokuzen) and means self-righteousness.

Meaning

English

  1. self-righteousness
  2. self-justified

Reading

Kana

どくぜん

Romaji

dokuzen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 17399 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

独善的

どくぜんてき

self-righteous

独善主義

どくぜんしゅぎ

self-righteousness

独特

どくとく

understood only by oneself

独り言

ひとりごと

soliloquy

独り歩き

ひとりあるき

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.)

独自

どくじ

independent

独立

どくりつ

independence (e.g. of a nation)

独裁

どくさい

running (a company, etc.) despotically

独身

どくしん

single

独占

どくせん

hogging

独断

どくだん

dogmatism

独学

どくがく

self-education

Example Sentences

1

どくぜんてきなたいどはあらためるべきだ

you should change your self-righteous attitude