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pharisaical

UK/faɹɪˈseɪk(ə)l/

pharisaical adjective: of or pertaining to the Pharisees.

Adjective

pharisaical (comparative more pharisaical, superlative most pharisaical)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees.
  2. Emphasizing the observance of ritual or practice over the meaning; self-righteous, hypocritical.
    • 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;[…]1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XVIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 235
    • Thus Aurobindo Ghose stated that the puritanical, pharisaical British conquered in the name of liberty and usurped under the cloak of altruism.2012, Piers Brendon, ‘Beginning the Dissent’, Literary Review, volume 401

pharisaical meaning in Bengali

pharisaical in Bengali

ফরীশী সংক্রান্ত, সম্পর্কিত, আত্মধার্মিক, কপট

Synonyms of pharisaical

Forms of pharisaical

comparativemore pharisaical
superlativemost pharisaical
alternative formPharisaical

Origin of pharisaical

From Late Latin Pharisaicus + -al.

Words formed from pharisaical

Questions about pharisaical

What does pharisaical mean?
Pharisaical means of or pertaining to the Pharisees.
What is pharisaical in Bengali?
Pharisaical in Bengali is ফরীশী সংক্রান্ত, সম্পর্কিত, আত্মধার্মিক. See Pharisaical meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pharisaical?
Pharisaical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pharisaical?
Pharisaical is pronounced /faɹɪˈseɪk(ə)l/ (UK).

Words near pharisaical in the dictionary

  1. pharid
  2. pharids
  3. Pharisaean
  4. Pharisaeans
  5. pharisaic
  6. pharisaical
  7. pharisaically
  8. pharisaicalness
  9. pharisaicism
  10. pharisaism
  11. pharisaisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pharisaical (page history and authors); pharisaical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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