Found 3 hits - Term: pharisaical, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pharisaic \phar`isa"ic\ fa^r`i^s=a"i^k, pharisaical
\phar`isa"ical\ -i^kal, a. l. pharisaicus, gr.
farisai:ko`s: cf. f. pharisa"ique. see pharisee.
1. of or pertaining to the pharisees; resembling the
pharisees. "the pharisaic sect among the jews."
--cudworth.
1913 webster
2. hence: addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a
show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial;
formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. "excess of outward
and pharisaical holiness." --bacon. "pharisaical
ostentation." --macaulay.
1913 webster -- phar`isa"ically, adv. --
phar`isa"icalness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
pharisee phar`isa"ically phar`isa"icalness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pharisaical
adj : excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening
sanctimonious smile" syn: holier-than-thou, pietistic,
pietistical, pharisaic, sanctimonious, self-righteous
see also:
holier-than-thou pietistic pietistical pharisaic sanctimonious self-righteous
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
25 moby thesaurus words for "pharisaical":
pecksniffian, tartuffian, tartuffish, affected, canting, false,
goody, goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritic, hypocritical,
insincere, mealymouthed, oily, pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisean,
pietistic, pious, sanctified, sanctimonious, self-righteous,
simon-pure, sniveling, unctuous
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