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

Above all, she says, nuns must learn to eschew Pharisaism, the better-than-thou frame of mind.

From Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) by Butler, Pierce

Yet, as we have said, Tuckerman was far from Pharisaism of any sort, either of the æsthete or nature-lover.

From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Eaton, Walter Prichard

Pharisaism, therefore, whether Jewish or Gentile, ancient or modern, which replaces the moral law by casuistry, and the enlightened judgment of the individual by the confessional, creates a narrow character and mechanical morals.

From The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit by Trine, Ralph Waldo