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pharisaic

[far-uh-say-ik] / ˌfær əˈseɪ ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
hypocritical
Synonyms
WEAK
Pecksniffian affected artificial assuming bland canting captious caviling deceptive deluding dissembling double double-dealing duplicitous faithless false feigning fishy fraudulent glib hollow insincere jivey left-handed lying moralistic oily pharisaical phony pietistic pious sanctimonious self-righteous smooth smooth-spoken smooth-tongued snide specious spurious two-faced unctuous unnatural unreliable

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For the radicalism of the time was exclusively, we may say, pharisaic.

From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Octavius Brooks Frothingham

Yet coincidently with this method of his choice he did not hesitate to reply to pharisaic opposition with unqualified self-assertion and exalted personal claim.

From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rush Rhees

This was evident in his dealing with his pharisaic critics.

From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rush Rhees

This appears nowhere more strikingly than in his dealing with his pharisaic critics.

From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rush Rhees

They carried the pharisaic demand for separateness to the extreme of asceticism.

From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rush Rhees

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