pharisaism

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His smirking and somewhat subversive accommodation to this Pharisaism is to emphasize the ways in which Black English is more complex than Standard English.

From The New Yorker • May 8, 2017

Emphasis on visible authority and external practices had brought the Roman Catholic Church, they thought, to Pharisaism and travesty; they hoped to avoid the same pitfall by stressing an inward spirituality.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is strong language, but not too strong considering the author's abhorrence of exclusiveness, separation, Pharisaism, and his identification of this with official religion.

From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

It was not addressed to Pharisees, although it is a severe exposure of the hypocrisy and self-deception of Pharisaism of every kind.

From The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition by Erdman, Charles Rosenbury

It is clear that John was not a member of this holy community, which differed widely from the Pharisaism and Sadduceeism of the time.

From John the Baptist by Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)