pharisaic
- adjective
- /ˌfɛrəˈzeɪɪk/
- Offensive
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farisaico
- The justice also worried that a decree might "retard acceptance of this decision if the Northern majority of this court should make a pharisaic and self-righteous approach to this issue."
Examples
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Some people can be quite pharisaic about their religious beliefs, judging others for not adhering to their strict standards.
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His criticism of others' lifestyles seemed pharisaic, as he himself did not follow the principles he advocated.
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The politician's pharisaic rhetoric during the campaign revealed a lack of genuine conviction behind his promises.
Synonyms
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6.1
Acting like you have strong moral rules when you do not follow them
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7.8
Thinking you are better than other people about right and wrong and judging them
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8.5
Acting as if you are morally better than other people
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8.7
Acting as if morally better than other people
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9.9
Pretending to be morally better than other people
Pretending to be very religious to seem morally better than others
Showing false religious feeling to seem very religious
Showing false moral pride and judging others harshly
Antonyms
How Hypocritical
- Offensive
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8.5
83
6.1
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7.8
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4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pharisaic comes from the religious group Pharisees, whose Hebrew name perush meant 'separate' or 'set apart'. In the Bible they are shown as very strict about rules and sometimes more interested in looking holy than in true kindness, so pharisaic now describes showy or hypocritical piety.