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phar·i·sa·i·cal
\-āə̇kəl, -ēk-\ adjective
Usage: sometimes capitalized
Etymology: Late Latin pharisaicus + English -al
: resembling the Pharisees especially in strictness of doctrine and in rigid observance of forms and ceremonies : making an outward show of piety and morality but lacking the inward spirit : censorious of others' morals or practices : formal, sanctimonious, self-righteous, hypocritical
< censure of any sort is apt to sound pharisaical, I suppose — P.A.Hope-Wallace >
< in this process of reeducation we should be pharisaical if we did not include ourselves — Llewellyn Woodward >
• phar·i·sa·i·cal·ly \-ə̇k(ə)lē, -ēk-, -li\ adverb
• phar·i·sa·i·cal·ness \-ə̇kəlnə̇s, -ēk-\ noun -es |