pharisaism - 3 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | pharisaism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrisy |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, double-dealing*, duplicity, falsity, fraud*, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service*, mockery, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, tartuffery, two-facedness, bad faith*, dissembling, dissimulation, false profession, glibness, pharisaicalness, unctuousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hypocrisy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceitfulness, pretense |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, double-dealing, duplicity, falsity, fraud, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service*, mockery, quackery, bad faith, dissembling, dissimulation, false profession, glibness, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, unctuousness |
| Antonyms: | honesty, righteousness, sincerity, truth, forthrightness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sham |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoax, trick |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, cant, caricature, cheat, counterfeit, cover-up, deceit, deception, facade, fake, false front, farce, feint, flimflam*, forgery, fraud, hypocrisy, imitation, impostor, imposture, mock, mockery, pretend, pretense, pretext, pseudo*, sell, smoke*, snow job*, spoof, travesty, whitewash, fakery, hypocriticalness, jive*, pharisaism, phoniness, put-on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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