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Pharisaical

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Same as pharisaic.

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adj. excessively or hypocritically pious

Word Usage

"Stael: "To understand everything means to forgive everything," has never particularly appealed to me; it has the odor of the confessional; to forgive one's fellow being conveys the idea of pharisaical superiority."

Equivalent

pious

Cross Reference

Pharisee

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

pharisaic

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Words that are found in similar contexts

strait-laced 2-spinor pharisaic nimble-fingered judgmental