hypocrisy (noun)

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• hypocrisy — ► NOUN (pl. hypocrisies) ▪ the practice of claiming to have higher standards or beliefs than is the case. ORIGIN Greek hupokrisis acting of a theatrical part …   English terms dictionary

• hypocrisy — noun (plural sies) Etymology: Middle English ypocrisie, from Anglo French, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Greek hypokrisis act of playing a part on the stage, hypocrisy, from hypokrinesthai to answer, act on the stage, from hypo + krinein to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hypocrisy — noun (U) a way of behaving in which you pretend to have better moral principles than you actually do: sheer hypocrisy: It s sheer hypocrisy for politicians to preach about family values when so many of them are having affairs …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hypocrisy — I noun artfulness, charlatanism, charlatanry, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, dishonesty, dissembling, dissimulatio, double dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsification, fraud, fraudulence, fraus, front, guile, hollow pretense, imposture …   Law dictionary

• hypocrisy — noun must politics be the perennial benchmark of hypocrisy? Syn: dissimulation, false virtue, cant, posturing, affectation, speciousness, empty talk, insincerity, falseness, deceit, dishonesty, mendacity, pretense, duplicity; sanctimoniousness,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• hypocrisy — noun a) the claim or pretense of holding beliefs, feelings, standards, qualities, opinions, virtues or motivations that one does not actually possess. b) applying criticism to others that one does not apply equally to oneself; moral self… …   Wiktionary

• hypocrisy — noun (plural hypocrisies) the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more laudable beliefs than is the case. Origin ME: from OFr. ypocrisie, via eccles. L. from Gk hupokrisis acting of a theatrical part , from hupokrinesthai play a part …   English new terms dictionary

• Hypocrisy — Not to be confused with Hippocrates. Not to be confused with Hypocracy a.k.a. Hypocrinia. Hypocrisy is the state of pretending to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually have.[1] Hypocrisy involves… …   Wikipedia

• hypocrisy — UK [hɪˈpɒkrəsɪ] / US [hɪˈpɑkrəsɪ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms hypocrisy : singular hypocrisy plural hypocrisies behaviour in which someone claims to have certain moral principles or beliefs but behaves in a way that shows they are not …   English dictionary

• hypocrisy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deceit, dissembling, pretense, falsity, insincerity; sanctimony, cant, Phariseeism. See falsehood, impiety. Ant., honesty, sincerity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quackery, casuistry, pharisaism,… …   English dictionary for students

• hypocrisy — hy|poc|ri|sy [ hı pakrəsi ] noun count or uncount behavior in which someone claims to have certain moral principles or beliefs but behaves in a way that shows they are not sincere …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English