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hypocrisy

[hi-pok-ruh-see]

noun

plural

hypocrisies 
  1. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.

  2. a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude.

  3. an act or instance of hypocrisy.



hypocrisy

/ ɪˈɒəɪ /

noun

  1. the practice of professing standards, beliefs, etc, contrary to one's real character or actual behaviour, esp the pretence of virtue and piety

  2. an act or instance of this

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • hyperhypocrisy noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hypocrisy1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English ipocrisie, from Old French, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Greek ó “play acting,” from ǰī(Աٳ󲹾)́ “to play a part, explain” (from hypo- hypo- + ī́Ա𾱲 “to distinguish, separate”) + -sis -sis
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With her signature sharp perspective, Amanda Marcotte has been calling out political BS and cultural hypocrisy for years here at Salon.

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Jim Palmer, an upstanding and righteous pitcher and broadcaster, may understand the hypocrisy of baseball’s new embrace of gambling, but it’s still a narrow issue for him.

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With their actions and proposals, McMahon and the GOP lawmakers have underscored the majestic hypocrisy of the student debt debate.

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But this is worse than the usual Republican hypocrisy.

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The Civil Rights Movement fully exposed that hypocrisy and deep contradiction in American society, but white Americans have made heroic efforts not to see it.

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