pharisaism

Example Sentences

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It has been a terrible blow to the pharisaism of which I have just spoken.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

To do the former, and not to do the latter, is pharisaism and hypocrisy, whereas the latter includes the former.

From The Way of Peace by Allen, James

Newspapers teemed with abuse of superstition and pharisaism, and praise of this wholesome, moral, and ‘truly English’ sport. 

From The Three Brides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

There has been a great deal of what I have called philosophic pharisaism.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

Such frankness tends to destroy "sympathetic interest," to make delusion and illusion impossible; it gives cynicism and his brother, pharisaism, their opportunity to simper and to sneer.

From The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel by Phillips, David Graham