pharisaism
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Define meritricious; prognathic; banal; vulpine; camaraderie; vilification; ennui; quixotic; naïve; pharisaism.
From Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day by Benjamin A. Heydrick
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 with their customary scrupulousness, their dread of pharisaism, they admit that Switzerland is still far from being a true democracy.
From The Forerunners by Romain Rolland
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 came from the doorway a girl who was lifted above the pharisaism of clothes into the purer ether.
From Jewel Weed by Harrison Fisher
