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[syn: holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pharisaic \Phar`i*sa"ic\ (f[a^]r`[i^]*s[=a]"[i^]k), Pharisaical
\Phar`i*sa"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [L. Pharisaicus, Gr.
Farisai:ko`s: cf. F. pharisa["i]que. 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`i*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pharisaical
adj 1: excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening
sanctimonious smile" [syn: holier-than-thou,
pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical,
sanctimonious, self-righteous]
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