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

But what is this spirit but, for good or for evil, the spirit of Pharisaism under a wholly different dress?

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles

In spite of all its exclusiveness the desire for making proselytes, especially in the Diaspora, was in the blood of Pharisaism.

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

It was not addressed to Pharisees, although it is a severe exposure of the hypocrisy and self-deception of Pharisaism of every kind.

From The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition by Erdman, Charles Rosenbury