About The Word Hypocrisy

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Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Hypocrisy?
[n] insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
[n] an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction Synonyms | Synonyms for Hypocrisy: lip service Related Terms | Find terms related to Hypocrisy: affectation | affectedness | airs | airs and graces | artfulness | artificiality | cant | casuistry | charlatanism | charlatanry | chicanery | craft | cunning | deceit | deceitfulness | deception | double-dealing | duplicity | empty gesture | facade | fakery | false front | false piety | false show | falseheartedness | falseness | feigned belief | front | furtiveness | glibness | goody-goodiness | guile | humbug | hypocriticalness | image | indirection | insidiousness | insincerity | lip service | lying | mannerism | mealymouthedness | mendacity | mere show | mouthing | mummery | oiliness | ostentatious devotion | Pecksniffery | pharisaicalness | Pharisaism | pietism | pietisticalness | piety | piousness | pretense | pretension | prunes and prisms | public image | put-on | putting on airs | quackery | religionism | religiosity | sanctimoniousness | sanctimony | self-righteousness | sham | shiftiness | show | sneak attack | sneakiness | snivel | snuffle | snuffling | soft soap | stylishness | surreptitiousness | sweet talk | Tartuffery | Tartuffism | tokenism | treacherousness | two-facedness | unction | unctuousness | underhandedness | unnaturalness See Also | dissembling | falseness | feigning | fulsomeness | insincerity | oiliness | oleaginousness | pretence | pretense | sanctimoniousness | sanctimony | smarminess | unction | unctuousness Hypocrisy In Webster's Dictionary \Hy*poc"ri*sy\ (h[i^]*p[o^]k"r[i^]*s[y^]), n.; pl.
{Hypocrisies} (-s[i^]z). [OE. hypocrisie, ypocrisie, OF.
hypocrisie, ypocrisie, F. hypocrisie, L. hypocrisis, fr. Gr.
"ypo`krisis the playing a part on the stage, simulation,
outward show, fr. "ypokr`nesqai to answer on the stage, to
play a part; "ypo` under + kri`nein to decide; in the middle
voice, to dispute, contend. See {Hypo-}, and {Critic}.]
The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one
is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation,
or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or
motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of
virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness.
Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy.
--Rambler.
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. --La
Rochefoucauld
(Trans. ).
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