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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • p··dz۾· noun
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Word 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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Social commentator and civil rights activist Laura Miti accused the US embassy of "hypocrisy", while also labelling the new law "tyrannical".

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You did have somebody like Mark Twain write really perceptively about the hypocrisies of that age.

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Aldrete says she's come forward now "not to shame their past," but because of "the hypocrisy of it all."

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All that makes their position look less like a principled stand against judicial activism, and more like partisan hypocrisy.

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But it's not quite right to attribute this to hypocrisy.

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