'Pharisaic' definitions:
Definition of 'pharisaic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile" [syn: holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous]
Definition of 'Pharisaic'
From: GCIDE
- Pharisaic \Phar`i*sa"ic\ (f[a^]r`[i^]*s[=a]"[i^]k), Pharisaical \Phar`i*sa"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [L. Pharisaicus, Gr. Farisai:ko`s: cf. F. pharisa["i]que. See Pharisee.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. "The Pharisaic sect among the Jews." --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. "Excess of outward and pharisaical holiness." --Bacon. "Pharisaical ostentation." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pharisaic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affected,
- canting,
- false,
- goody,
- goody-goody,
- holier-than-thou,
- hypocritic,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- mealymouthed,
- oily,
- Pecksniffian,
- pecksniffian,
- pharisaical,
- pharisean,
- pietistic,
- pious,
- sanctified,
- sanctimonious,
- self-righteous,
- simon-pure,
- sniveling,
- Tartuffian,
- Tartuffish,
- unctuous