Pharisaic synonyms

-sā'ĭ-kəl

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sanctimonious
Behaving with sanctimony:
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insincere
Not sincere; not genuine:
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deceiving
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holier-than-thou
Sanctimonious or self-righteous to an annoying degree; priggish
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hypocritical (related)
Being a hypocrite:
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pecksniffian
Falsely moralistic; hypocritical; insincere
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pharisaical
Of or pertaining to the Pharisees. [from 16th c.]
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phony
Spurious, deceptive, or false:
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two-faced
Having two faces or plane surfaces
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honest (related)
Characterized by truth; not false:
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pietistic
Pertaining to pietism, especially that associated with Luther and his followers; excessively pious.
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self-righteous
Filled with or showing a conviction of being morally superior, or more righteous than others; smugly virtuous
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Find another word for pharisaic. In this page you can discover 13 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pharisaic, like: sanctimonious, insincere, deceiving, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, pecksniffian, pharisaical, phony, two-faced, honest and pietistic.
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Pharisaic Sentence Examples

  • This was a direct attack on the whole Pharisaic position.

  • Pharisaic Judaism, put to the severest test to which a religious system has ever been subject, showed itself able to control and idealize life in all its phases.

  • The suppression of the Pharisaic ordinances and the punishment of those who observed them led to some disturbance.

  • All the Pharisaic ordinances which Hyrcanus had abolished were reaffirmed as binding.

  • It is reported by Josephus that, when Alexander Jannaeus, in the year 95 B.e., was acting as high-priest in the temple on the Feast of Tabernacles, instead of pouring the water libation on the altar, according to the Pharisaic custom, he poured it at his feet, giving rise to a riot in which 6000 men are said to have lost their lives (Ant.

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