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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to Pietism;
- Example: "the Pietistic movement"
[syn: pietistic, pietistical]

2. excessively or hypocritically pious;
- Example: "a sickening sanctimonious smile"
[syn: holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pietistic \Pi`e*tis"tic\, Pietistical \Pi`e*tis"tic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the Pietists; hence, in contempt, affectedly or demonstratively religious. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pietistic adj 1: of or relating to Pietism; "the Pietistic movement" [syn: pietistic, pietistical] 2: excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile" [syn: holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

59 Moby Thesaurus words for "pietistic": Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, adoring, affected, assured, believing, canting, certain, confident, convinced, cultish, cultist, cultistic, devoted, devout, dogmatic, doubtless, dutiful, faithful, false, fideistic, godly, goody, goody-goody, holier-than-thou, holy, hypocritical, impressed with, insincere, mealymouthed, persuaded, pharisaic, pious, pistic, positive, prayerful, religious, reverent, reverential, sanctified, sanctimonious, satisfied, secure, self-righteous, sniveling, sold on, solemn, sure, theistic, unctuous, under the impression, undoubtful, undoubting, venerational, venerative, worshipful