pharisaism

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He was a sublime, almost a diabolical opportunist I have often thought Benjamin Franklin, with his "honesty is the best policy," is another Machiavelli, only touched a little with the pharisaism of the Puritan.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper

For Christy was the typical product of conventionality and pharisaism.

From The Loom of Youth by Waugh, Alec

But pharisaism diagnosed the disease of the age differently, and insisted that the observance of the Law was the best prophylactic against disease.

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means

But with their customary scrupulousness, their dread of pharisaism, they admit that Switzerland is still far from being a true democracy.

From The Forerunners by Rolland, Romain

Perhaps it would be better called aeonic pharisaism.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney