hypocrite
n.
insincere person, sanctimonious person
Hypocrisy
For the
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Hypocrisy (band). Hypocrisy is the act of condemning or calling for the condemnation of another person when the critic is guilty of the act for which he demands that the accused be condemned. Though hypocrisy is frequently invoked as an accusation in
debates, a few theorists have studied the utility of hypocrisy, and in some cases have suggested that the conflicts manifested as hypocrisy are a necessary or even beneficial part of human behavior and society.
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hypocrite
Noun
1. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold
(synonym) dissembler, phony, phoney, pretender
(hypernym) deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
(hyponym) smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker, charmer
hypocrite
adj.
double-tongued, hypocrite; two faced, double-minded, insincere
hypocrite (m)
n.
hypocrite, double-faced person
Hypocrite
(n.)
One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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