Meaning & use
Pharisaical
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Hypocritically self-righteous, judgmental, or excessively concerned with the outward appearance of virtue.
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Critics called the senator's speech pharisaical, given his own record of broken promises.
She resented his pharisaical tone whenever he lectured others about honesty.
A note on using this word
Derives from the Pharisees, a Jewish sect described in the New Testament as outwardly pious but inwardly judgmental.
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