Synonyms for pharisaic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : far-uh-sey-ik or far-uh-sey-i-kuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌfær əˈseɪ ɪk or ˌfær əˈseɪ ɪ kəl |
Top 10 synonyms for pharisaic Other synonyms for the word pharisaic
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- false
- feigning
- fishy
- fraudulent
- glib
- hollow
- insincere
- jivey
- left-handed
- lying
- moralistic
- oily
- Pecksniffian
- pharisaical
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- specious
- spurious
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
Définition of pharisaic
Origin :- 1610s, from Church Latin pharisaicus, from Greek pharisaikos, from pharisaios (see Pharisee). Related: Pharisaical (1530s).
- adj hypocritical
- Yet there was nothing Pharisaic about his speech or bearing.
- Extract from : « The Bishop's Secret » by Fergus Hume
- The answer struck at the principle of the Pharisaic character.
- Extract from : « The Gospel of St. John » by Frederick Denison Maurice
- Of course there could not be, in the nature of things, a Pharisaic Christology.
- Extract from : « Pharisaism, Its Aim And Its Method » by R. Travers Herford
- For the radicalism of the time was exclusively, we may say, pharisaic.
- Extract from : « The Cradle of the Christ » by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
- The moral rules of the Pharisaic Rabbis should also be included.
- Extract from : « History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) » by Adolph Harnack
- They carried the pharisaic demand for separateness to the extreme of asceticism.
- Extract from : « The Life of Jesus of Nazareth » by Rush Rhees
- It has meshes far finer than any that Pharisaic ingenuity could weave.
- Extract from : « The Teaching of Jesus » by George Jackson
- This Pharisaic panoply in which Tammany was clad, as in a coat of mail, was no small element of its strength.
- Extract from : « Satan's Invisible World Displayed or, Despairing Democracy » by W. T. Stead
- The most unscrupulous government does not (p. 39) usually cover up its tyranny and aggressions by pharisaic mummeries.
- Extract from : « The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 » by J. T. Headley.
- He lived once in the heaven of reverence, faith, and love; he has gone from it into the hell of Pharisaic scorn and contempt.
- Extract from : « Nineteenth Century Questions » by James Freeman Clarke
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