hypocrisy
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs; hence in general sense, dissimulation, pretence, sham.
- (countable, uncountable) The claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not really have.
- (countable, uncountable) The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.
- (countable, uncountable) An instance of hypocrisy.
Synonyms
playing a part
cunning deceit
tale-telling
insincere talk
hypocritical acts
hypocritical dealings
pious platitude
snidery
doublefacedness
grundyism
Translations
hypocrisie
ipocrisia
hipocresía
Heuchelei
υποκρισία
hipocresia
ikiyüzlülük
hipocrisía
durûtî
huichelachtigheidFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɪˈpɒkɹəsi/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English ipocrisie, from Old French ypocrisie, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, “answer, stage acting, pretense”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I answer (a fellow actor on stage), play a part, dissemble, feign”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under, equivalent of the modern "hypo-" prefix”) + the middle voice of κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, judge, decide”). Displaced native Old English līċettung.
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