单词 | pharisaic |
释义 | pharisaic (once / 27616 pages) adj Use the adjective pharisaic to describe a religious person who is smug and judgmental, especially if his actions prove that he's much less holy than he pretends to be. Someone who exaggerates how morally upright or pious she is can be called pharisaic. Another way to say it is "holier-than-thou." Pharisaic people tend to talk a lot about how devout and religious they are, but their actions don't quite measure up to their words. The word pharisaic has its roots in the Greek Pharisaios, which in turn comes from an Aramaic word, perishayya, or "separate." In the history of Judaism, the Pharisees were an important school of religious thought. WORD FAMILYpharisaic: pharisaically+/pharisee: pharisaic, pharisaical, pharisees USAGE EXAMPLESOn account of his comprehensive learning and his rare qualities he was numbered among the recognized leaders of the Pharisaic scribes. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) These nasty, meddlesome, Pharisaic, hypocritical laws make sneaks and hypocrites. Ingersoll, Robert Green, The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, V...(2012) His affirmation of that awful iniquity, inwrought in two centuries and a half of slavery, is no pharisaic indictment of the South. Beardslee, Clark S., Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits;...(2012) adj excessively or hypocritically pious Syn holier-than-thou, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous pious having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity |
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