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pharisaical

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phar·i·sa·ic  (fr-sk) also phar·i·sa·i·cal (-s-kl)
adj.
1. Pharisaic also Pharisaical Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Pharisees.
2. Hypocritically self-righteous and condemnatory.
phari·sai·cal·ly adv.
phari·sai·cal·ness n.
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Adj.1.pharisaical - excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile"
holier-than-thou, pharisaic, sanctimonious, self-righteous, pietistic, pietistical
pious - having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"


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Of course," he said gloomily, "it is one of those Pharisaical cruelties of which only such heartless men are capable.
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