Hypocrisy
[hɪ'pɒkrɪsɪ] or [hɪ'pɑkrəsi]
Definition
(noun.) insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have.
(noun.) an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Pharisaism, formalism, sanctimoniousness, cant, pietism, assumed piety.[2]. Dissimulation, deceit, deception, imposture, pretence, false profession.
Editor: Miles
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See HYPOCRITE]
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Definition
n. a feigning to be what one is not: concealment of true character.
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Examples
- What has it been but a system of hypocrisy and deceit,espionage, and treachery? Jane Austen. Emma.
- I still stood absolutely dumfoundered at what appeared to me her miraculous self-possession and most inscrutable hypocrisy, when the cook entered. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The infamous dog has got every vice except hypocrisy, and that belongs to his brother. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But of the split itself he is unaware; the result is a kind of unconscious hypocrisy, an instability of disposition. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- What she had said about hoping that he would not come was all hypocrisy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Archer's New York tolerated hypocrisy in private relations; but in business matters it exacted a limpid and impeccable honesty. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The cynical indifference of legislatures and the hypocrisy of the dominant parties were all that politics had to offer. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Barraclough uplifted the palms of his hands and the whites of his eyes, evincing in the gesture a mere burlesque of hypocrisy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She cannot feign; she scorns hypocrisy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I'm sick of the hypocrisy that would bury alive a woman of her age if her husband prefers to live with harlots. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Hypocrisy was very disgusting to me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It seemed almost like hypocrisy and lying, sometimes, oh, often, on Birkin's part, to talk so deeply and importantly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I dare say, but a certain amount of hypocrisy is necessary in this world of shaMs Maurice looked at Count Constantine with an amused smile. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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