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It acts not the Pharisee

English translation: not self-righteous or sanctimonious

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English term or phrase:It acts not the Pharisee
Selected answer:not self-righteous or sanctimonious
Entered by: Robert Donahue (X)

18:33 Feb 27, 2000
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: It acts not the Pharisee
This proposal makes comon cause for a common object, casting no reproaches on any. It acts not the Pharisee.[...] (from a constitutional law book) Any suggestion? Thanx a million!
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not self-righteous or sanctimonious
Explanation:
The key item here is "casting no reproaches on any." As you can see from the definitions listed below, a Pharisee wasn't above jusdging/making reproaches.

a self-righteous or sanctimonious person
a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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Robert Donahue (X)
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4 +3not self-righteous or sanctimonious
Robert Donahue (X)
3 +2the proposal is not hypocritical
RHELLER


  

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1989 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
it acts not the pharisee
not self-righteous or sanctimonious


Explanation:
The key item here is "casting no reproaches on any." As you can see from the definitions listed below, a Pharisee wasn't above jusdging/making reproaches.

a self-righteous or sanctimonious person
a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Robert Donahue (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 538
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RHELLER: this is one possibility - my answer is the other :-)//are you fast?
8 days
  -> Thank you Rita Oh, and your answer is correct too, but I nipped you by eight days days. :-)
agree  jennifer newsome (X)
13 days
  -> Thanks Jennifer : )
agree  gtreyger (X)
13 days
  -> Thank you very much
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1997 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
it acts not the pharisee
the proposal is not hypocritical


Explanation:
Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
pharisee

NOUN: A person who practices hypocrisy: hypocrite, phony, tartuffe.



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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1252

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jennifer newsome (X)
4 days
  -> thanks!
agree  gtreyger (X)
5 days
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