different between pharisaical vs pharisaic

English

Alternative forms

• Pharisaical

Etymology

From Late Latin Pharisaicus +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fa???se?k(?)l/

Adjective

pharisaical (comparative more pharisaical, superlative most pharisaical)

1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees. [from 16th c.]
2. (chiefly Christianity) Emphasizing the observance of ritual or practice over the meaning; self-righteous, hypocritical. [from 16th c.]
   • 2012, Piers Brendon, ‘Beginning the Dissent’, Literary Review, vol. 401:

     Thus Aurobindo Ghose stated that the puritanical, pharisaical British conquered in the name of liberty and usurped under the cloak of altruism.

Synonyms

• pharisaic

Related terms

• pharisaical
• pharisaically
• pharisaicalness
• pharisaism

Translations

See also

• Pharisee

English

Etymology

Pharisee +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f????se?j?k/

Adjective

pharisaic (comparative more pharisaic, superlative most pharisaic)

1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees.
2. (chiefly Christianity) Emphasizing the observance of ritual or practice over the meaning.
   • 1913, George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion (Act I, Scene 1)

     The church clock strikes the second quarter.

     HIGGINS [Hearing in it the voice of God, rebuking him for his Pharisaic want of charity for the poor girl]

3. Self-righteous.

Synonyms

• pharisaical

Related terms

• pharisaic
• pharisaically
• pharisaicalness
• pharisaism

Translations

See also

• Pharisee

Anagrams

• chirapsia