What does pharisaical mean?
Pharisaical means Of or pertaining to the Pharisees..
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/faɹɪˈseɪk(ə)l/ · adjective
Of or pertaining to the Pharisees..
Perhaps no man in the world had less than Douglas the pharisaical precision of Methodism; he was totally averse to their sudden and evanescent flights of enthusiasm, their frantic ravings of intemperate zeal in devotion, as if invoking a vindictive and implacable Deity;[…]
Thus Aurobindo Ghose stated that the puritanical, pharisaical British conquered in the name of liberty and usurped under the cloak of altruism.
Use pharisaical when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pharisaical means Of or pertaining to the Pharisees..
Common synonyms include pharisaic, pious, sanctimonious, self-righteous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Perhaps no man in the world had less than Douglas the pharisaical precision of Methodism; he was totally averse to their sudden and evanescent flights of enthusiasm, their frantic ravings of intemperate zeal in devotion, as if invoking a vindictive and implacable Deity;[…]
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