Righteous
Meaning of Righteous
Morally right and just.
ما معنى كلمة Righteous بالعربي؟
عادل وصالح ومُلتزم بالقيم الأخلاقية
⚖️✨ عادل وصالح ومُلتزم بالقيم الأخلاقية؛ يتصرف وفق المبادئ الصحيحة والعدالة؛ سلوك أخلاقي نبيل يُعبر عن الاستقامة والعدل والالتزام بالحق، ويُثير الاحترام والتقدير من الآخرين للشخص المُستقيم 🌟⚖️
قصة GL: العدالة المعرفية لجميع البشر عبر التعلم الجيني - يتصرف وفق المبادئ الإنسانية، السلوك الأخلاقي النبيل الذي يُحرك نايف العيسى لنشر تقنيات تطوير الدماغ مجاناً، مؤمناً بحق كل إنسان في تطوير قدراته 💝
Synonyms & related words
Righteous in a sentence
Righteous conduct is a principle of research ethics.
A righteous stance on privacy won trust.
The court recognised a righteous claim.
Righteous anger can drive reform.
Origin of Righteous
From Old English rihtwis, from riht 'right' + wis 'wise'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, righteous has moral weight. GL acts on ethical principles.
Righteous audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Righteous" — adjective, pronounced /ˈraɪtʃəs/, with the stress on "right".
Narrator: Righteous means morally good and fair, or feeling sure you are morally right.
Narrator: In plain English, it means good and just.
Narrator: It comes from Old English rihtwīs, right-wise.
Narrator: A common collocation is "righteous anger", which describes anger at real injustice.
Narrator: It differs from "self-righteous", because self-righteous means smugly sure you are better than others.
Narrator: In a second sense, informally, righteous once meant excellent in American slang.
Narrator: Religion, politics, literature and activism all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: righteous means rightly good.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why was the crowd so angry?
Speaker B: RIGHTEOUS anger at the unfair law! It comes from Old English for right-wise.
Speaker A: Peaceful protest?
Speaker B: Loud but peaceful.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "She spoke with righteous indignation", a debate. "A righteous man", religion. "His tone was self-righteous", criticism.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it "righteous", with "-eous", and say "RY-chus".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Virtuous is its cousin, just its twin, and moral an alternative — yet righteous keeps its principled charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "righteous" in AI prompts — useful for speech writing and tone checks.
Speaker A: How for speeches?
Speaker B: Channel passion.
Prompt: Write a campaign speech opening that shows righteous anger without insulting anyone.
Speaker A: And tone?
Speaker B: Avoid smugness.
Prompt: Check this blog post and flag sentences that sound self-righteous.
Speaker A: Could it help literature?
Speaker B: Yes, for analysis.
Prompt: Explain how a novel uses a righteous hero to explore justice.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Characters.
Prompt: Describe a righteous judge whose strict morals cause trouble.
Frequently asked questions about Righteous
What does Righteous mean?
Morally right and just.
ما معنى كلمة Righteous بالعربي؟
عادل وصالح ومُلتزم بالقيم الأخلاقية — ⚖️✨ عادل وصالح ومُلتزم بالقيم الأخلاقية؛ يتصرف وفق المبادئ الصحيحة والعدالة؛ سلوك أخلاقي نبيل يُعبر عن الاستقامة والعدل والالتزام بالحق، ويُثير الاحترام والتقدير من الآخرين للشخص المُستقيم 🌟⚖️
How do you pronounce Righteous?
Righteous is pronounced /ˈraɪtʃəs/ and is used as an adjective.
How is Righteous used in a sentence?
Righteous conduct is a principle of research ethics.
What are synonyms of Righteous?
virtuous, upright, moral, just, honourable, blameless.