Pharisaism
91Abrahams, Israel — (1858–1914) English Hebrew scholar. In 1901, Abrahams succeeded Professor Solomon SCHECHTER as reader in rabbinic and talmudic literature at Cambridge, and for the next generation was prominent in Jewish studies in Britain. He edited the… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
92Pharisee — [ farɪsi:] noun 1》 a member of an ancient Jewish sect, distinguished by strict observance of the traditional and written law, and commonly held to have pretensions to superior sanctity. 2》 a self righteous person. Derivatives Pharisaic ˌfarɪ… …
93hypocrisy — n. 1. Pharisaism, formalism, sanctimoniousness, cant, pietism, assumed piety. 2. Dissimulation, deceit, deception, imposture, pretence, false profession …
94phariseeism — n. See pharisaism …
95sanctimoniousness — n. Pharisaism, hypocrisy, cant, formalism, pietism, sanctimony, assumed piety …
96cant — n 1 jargon, argot, *dialect, lingo, vernacular, slang, patois Analogous words: phraseology, vocabulary, diction, *language: idiom, speech (see LANGUAGE 2) *hypocrisy, sanctimony, pharisaism …
97dissimulation — duplicity, *deceit, cunning, guile Analogous words: dissembling, cloaking, masking, disguising, camouflaging (see DISGUISE): hiding, concealing, secreting (see HIDE): pretending or pretense, feigning, shamming (see corresponding verbs at ASSUME) …
98sanctimony — *hypocrisy, Pharisaism, cant Analogous words: pretending or pretense, simulation, feigning, counterfeiting, affecting or affectation (see corresponding verbs at ASSUME): enthusiasm, zealotry, fanaticism (see nouns at ENTHUSIAST) …
99falsehood — n 1. lie, fib, untruth, false statement, mendacity, inveracity; fabrication, fiction, make believe; canard, false story, hoax; false swearing, perjury; exaggeration, distortion, false coloring; perversion, misstatement, misrepresentation,… …
100hypocrisy — n 1. false goodness, pietism, sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, Tartuffery, pharisaism, Relig. formalism; cant, lip service, mouth honor; sophistry, speciousness; false profession, pretense, pretext; pretension, pretending, faking, feigning,… …
