pharisaism
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Newspapers teemed with abuse of superstition and pharisaism, and praise of this wholesome, moral, and ‘truly English’ sport.
From The Three Brides by Charlotte Mary Yonge
There is at least no superiority in their outlook, no pharisaism.
From Change in the Village by George Sturt
The law of force is honest paganism, but this covering up of the world's foulness with scum—that is nauseating pharisaism.
From Victory out of Ruin by Norman Maclean
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 William Cowper Brann
But pharisaism diagnosed the disease of the age differently, and insisted that the observance of the Law was the best prophylactic against disease.
From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Robert Means Lawrence
