Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person given to hypocrisy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who assumes a false appearance; one who feigns to be what he is not, or to feel or believe what he does not actually feel or believe; especially, a false pretender to virtue or piety.
- noun Synonyms Dissembler, Hypocrite (see
dissembler ); Pharisee, formalist, cheat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The inherent contradiction in this line of thinking renders the term hypocrite too gentle.
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The inherent contradiction in this line of thinking renders the term hypocrite too gentle.
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If he didn't, then the label hypocrite would be deserved but now, we'll never know.
Obama On Edwards' Dropout: His Cause "Endures For All Of Us" 2009
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The misuse of the term hypocrite is just a pet peeve of mine.
If you are truly opposed to abortion, why would you have amniocentesis -- as Sarah Palin did -- knowing that it might kill the unborn child? Ann Althouse 2008
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The water coughed in the pipes, then seemed to whisper the word hypocrite in his ear.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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The water coughed in the pipes, then seemed to whisper the word hypocrite in his ear.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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Hypocrite Wilson and his sons also get govt. healthcare for serving in the military, yet this hypocrite is against the same kind of care for the rest of us.
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The excessive focus on this hypocrite is a total waste of my hard drive space, just to display the headline and short summary. jim in Ohio
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It just so happens that being a hypocrite is a requirement to being elected as a Republican.
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Poor kkkhunt the hypocrite is against Corporations right to “free speech” in how they spend their dollars!
bunnyip commented on the word hypocrite
i like how much this word sounds like Hippocratic (Hippocratic Oath).
it is not actually ironic, but i still find it amusing.
August 20, 2009