the moral high ground

noun

: a position in which one has a moral advantage over others
These countries lost/ceded the moral high ground when they entered the war to protect their economic interests.
She believes she has the moral high ground on this issue.

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Suddenly, the neighbor with the knee-high grass had the moral high ground, and tidy lawns were cast as the bad guys. — Ryan Brennan may 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026 The reunion picks up with Ashley and Wendy bickering over who has the moral high ground. — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026 The rules become optional, enforcement becomes embarrassing, and the moral high ground becomes a punchline. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026 Now Bari Weiss is ascending to the top of network news, and the moral high ground once bestowed on us through unspeakable suffering lies under Gaza’s rubble and mass graves. — Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the moral high ground

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