False praise? He becomes self-righteous sort (8)
I believe the answer is:
pharisee
'self-righteous sort' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'false praise? he' is the wordplay.
'false' indicates anagramming the letters.
'praise'+'he'='praisehe'
'praisehe' anagrammed gives 'PHARISEE'.
'becomes' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pharisee that I've seen before include "Self-righteous Biblical person" , "Ancient Jewish sectarian" , "Strict follower of Jewish law" , "Strict observer" , "Biblical follower of rules" .)