[syn: holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pietistic \Pi`e*tis"tic\, Pietistical \Pi`e*tis"tic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Pietists; hence, in contempt,
affectedly or demonstratively religious. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pietistic
adj 1: of or relating to Pietism; "the Pietistic movement" [syn:
pietistic, pietistical]
2: 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:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "pietistic":
Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, Tartuffian, Tartuffish,
adoring, affected, assured, believing, canting, certain, confident,
convinced, cultish, cultist, cultistic, devoted, devout, dogmatic,
doubtless, dutiful, faithful, false, fideistic, godly, goody,
goody-goody, holier-than-thou, holy, hypocritical, impressed with,
insincere, mealymouthed, persuaded, pharisaic, pious, pistic,
positive, prayerful, religious, reverent, reverential, sanctified,
sanctimonious, satisfied, secure, self-righteous, sniveling,
sold on, solemn, sure, theistic, unctuous, under the impression,
undoubtful, undoubting, venerational, venerative, worshipful