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Pharisaic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Pharisees.

adj. Hypocritically self-righteous and condemnatory.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees.

adj. Emphasizing the observance of ritual or practice over the meaning.

adj. Self-righteous.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees.

adj. Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; addicted, like the Pharisees, to observance of the external forms and ceremonies of religion without regard to its spirit or essence; hence, formal; hypocritical.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. excessively or hypocritically pious

Word Usage

"Instead of obsessing over biblical tradition and ritualistic purity, he identified radical ethical ideals, he invited everyone to join his social cause, and he condemned pharisaic self-righteousness."

Equivalent

pious pharisaical

Cross Reference

Pharisee

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

ceremonial formal hypocritical self-righteous

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