pharisaicalness

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noun

The quality of being pharisaical.

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Meanings

nounpharisaicalness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableChristianityThe quality of being pharisaical.

    Romanticism fumes against what it sees as the puritanism and pharisaicalness of mainstream culture, while ultimately remaining blind to the fact that it's entirely dependent upon embodying the very thing it ridicules.

    2014, Mark Sayers, Facing Leviathan: Leadership, Influence, and Creating in a Cultural Storm

Origin

From pharisaical + -ness.

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APA

pharisaicalness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharisaicalness

MLA

“pharisaicalness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharisaicalness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pharisaicalness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharisaicalness.

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