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hy·poc·ri·sy
\hə̇ˈpäkrəsē, -si sometimes hīˈ-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English ipocrisie, from Old French ypocrisie, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Greek hypokrisis act of playing a part on the stage, hypocrisy, outward show, from hypokrinesthai to answer, play a part on the stage, act, pretend, from hypo- + krinesthai to dispute, krinein to decide, judge — more at certain
1. : the act or practice of pretending to be what one is not or to have principles or beliefs that one does not have
< the passing stranger who took such a vitriolic joy in exposing their pretensions and their hypocrisy — Van Wyck Brooks >
especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion
< may admit that our conventional morality often serves as a cover for hypocrisy and selfishness — Lucius Garvin >
2. : an act or instance of hypocrisy
< the little hypocrisies which are so frequently the rule rather than the exception in human contacts — Erle Stanley Gardner > |