hypocrite

hyp·o·crite

H0365400 (hĭp′ə-krĭt′)n. A person given to hypocrisy.

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[Middle English ipocrite, from Old French, from Late Latin hypocrita, from Greek hupokritēs, actor, from hupokrīnesthai, to play a part, pretend; see hypocrisy.]

hypocrite

(ˈhɪpəkrɪt) na person who pretends to be what he is not[C13: from Old French ipocrite, via Late Latin, from Greek hupokritēs one who plays a part, from hupokrinein to feign, from krinein to judge] ˌhypoˈcritical, ˌhypoˈcritic adj ˌhypoˈcritically adv

hyp•o•crite

(ˈhɪp ə krɪt)

n. a person who practices hypocrisy, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs. [1175–1225; Middle English ipocrite < Old French < Late Latin hypocrita < Greek hypokritḗs a stage actor, hence one who plays a part, hypocrite =hypokri(nesthai) (see hypocrisy) + -tēs agent suffix] hyp`o•crit′i•cal, adj. hyp`o•crit′i•cal•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hypocrite - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motivesdissembler, dissimulator, phoney, phony, pretenderbeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truecharmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker - someone with an assured and ingratiating mannerTartufe, Tartuffe - a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre - a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous

hypocrite

noun fraud, deceiver, pretender, charlatan, impostor, pharisee, dissembler, Tartuffe, Pecksniff, Holy Willie, whited sepulchre, phoney or phony (informal) The magazine wrongly suggested he was a liar and a hypocrite.Quotations
"Their sighan', cantan', grace-proud faces,"
"Their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces" [Robert Burns To the Rev. John M'Math]

hypocrite

nounA person who practices hypocrisy:pharisee, phony, tartuffe.

Translations

伪君子鄉愿

hypocrisy

(hiˈpokrəsi) noun the act or state of pretending to be better than one is or to have feelings or beliefs which one does not actually have. 偽善 伪善hypocrite (ˈhipəkrit) noun a person who is guilty of hypocrisy. 偽君子 伪君子ˌhypoˈcritical (hipəˈkri-) adjective 偽善的 伪善的ˌhypoˈcritically adverb 偽善地 伪善地