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

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)

Pharisaism had fulfilled its mission for the world when it produced this man.

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

He is independent without self-assertion, courageous without bravado, conscientious without Pharisaism.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie