pietistic
- adjective
- /ˌpaɪəˈtɪstɪk/
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pietista
- Many people find his pietistic attitude towards charity to be insincere and exaggerated.
Examples
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It was a vanity to suppose that pietistic performances could answer the law.
Academic text (2006) -
In short, Crisp was issuing a vigorous challenge to the legitimacy of a pietistic tradition that was overly elaborated and destructive of souls.
Academic text (2006) -
To pietistic performances, Crisp linked misadventures of selfishness.
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The group’s pietistic rituals were criticized for lacking genuine faith and becoming mere displays.
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Her pietistic behavior in public often felt hypocritical to those who knew her true intentions.
Synonyms
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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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8.2
Behaving as if you are better than others to show you are good
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9.9
Pretending to be morally better than other people
Showing false religious feeling to seem very religious
Pretending to be morally better while judging others
Showing false moral pride and judging others harshly
Showing strong religious devotion that seems too strict and makes others feel judged
How Pious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pietistic is linked to the English word piety ('deep religious feeling'), but it is often used to describe a showy or exaggerated kind of devotion. So pietistic can mean making a big, possibly insincere, display of religious feeling.