pharisaism

Example Sentences

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

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

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

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

These expressions of unctuous pharisaism are coldly received by the French, who ask no favours but claim justice.

From The Tragedy of St. Helena by Runciman, Walter

There is at least no superiority in their outlook, no pharisaism.

From Change in the Village by Sturt, George

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