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Definition of hypocritical in English: hypocriticaladjective ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪklˌhɪpəˈkrɪdək(ə)l Behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case. we don't go to church and we thought it would be hypocritical to have him christened it would be entirely hypocritical of me to say I regret it because I don't Example sentencesExamples - So the Congress sometimes rakes up the issue of secularism, which is so hypocritical that it is funny.
- The lack of transparency contributes to the cynicism and hypocritical views.
- The questions are unclear and the process reeks of hypocritical manipulation.
- To begrudge them the right to choose their own government via the ballot box is hypocritical in the extreme.
- But the reasons, one has to admit, are hypocritical and sometimes contradictory.
Synonyms sanctimonious, pious, pietistic, self-righteous, holier-than-thou, superior, insincere, specious, feigned, pretended, hollow, false deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, untruthful, lying, dissembling, duplicitous, two-faced, Janus-faced, double-dealing, untrustworthy informal phoney, pretend rare Pharisaic, Pharisaical, Tartuffian, canting
Derivatives adverbˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪk(ə)li The yellow press will harp on it, hypocritically. Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, you engage in precisely this sort of rhetoric yourself while hypocritically decrying the heated rhetoric of the left.
- He hypocritically demands his colleagues maintain journalistic standards while flouting them himself.
- More hypocritically still, Missing pursued an abortive licensing agreement with a skateboard company to use his anarchist icon.
- And when I hear them admit to smoking pot, I wonder why they hypocritically fund the drug war.
Rhymes analytical, apolitical, critical, cryptanalytical, diacritical, eremitical, geopolitical, hypercritical, political, socio-political, subcritical Definition of hypocritical in US English: hypocriticaladjectiveˌhipəˈkridək(ə)lˌhɪpəˈkrɪdək(ə)l Behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case. we don't go to church and we thought it would be hypocritical to have him christened it would be entirely hypocritical of me to say I regret it because I don't Example sentencesExamples - To begrudge them the right to choose their own government via the ballot box is hypocritical in the extreme.
- The lack of transparency contributes to the cynicism and hypocritical views.
- The questions are unclear and the process reeks of hypocritical manipulation.
- But the reasons, one has to admit, are hypocritical and sometimes contradictory.
- So the Congress sometimes rakes up the issue of secularism, which is so hypocritical that it is funny.
Synonyms sanctimonious, pious, pietistic, self-righteous, holier-than-thou, superior, insincere, specious, feigned, pretended, hollow, false
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