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hypocrite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/

Etymology

From Old French ypocrite (Modern French hypocrite), from Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “to answer, act, feign”). Displaced native Old English līċettere.

Meanings

1. Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
   • And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 6:5:
   • Neither Mr. Meacham, who mostly ignores Jefferson’s slave ownership, nor Mr. Wiencek, who sees him as a sort of fallen angel who comes to slavery only after discovering how profitable it could be, seem willing to confront the ugly truth: the third president was a creepy, brutal hypocrite. 2012 November 30, Paul Finkelman, “The Real Thomas Jefferson: The Monster of Monticello”, in New York Times:
   • [S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […] 1765, Catherine Jemmat, The Memoirs of Mrs. Catherine Jemmat, Daughter of the Late Admiral Yeo, of Plymouth. Written by Herself, 2nd edition, volume I, London: Printed for the author, at Charing-Cross, →OCLC, page 145:

Forms

Deriveds

act the hypocrite · hypocrite commit · hypocritical · superhypocrite · hypocrite plant · hypocritely · hypochristian

Relateds

superhypocritical · double standard · hypocritically · two-faced

Synonyms

cogger · fabricator · cony-catcher · cheater · Spanish athlete · losenger · bamboozler · cheat · fabulist · gabber · munafiq · crammer · treacher · pseudologist · swindler · bouncer · rook · pretender · grifter · wernard · trucker · bullshitter · liar · Scandaroon · falser · deceiver · deceptor · shammer · guiler · mocker · swike · flip-flopper · trickster

Translations (151)

crh allâq (person practising hypocrisy) · tr münafık (person practising hypocrisy) · el φαρισαίος (person practising hypocrisy) · te కపటి (person practising hypocrisy) · ja 偽君子 (person practising hypocrisy) · ga fimíneach (person practising hypocrisy) · th คนเสแสร้ง (person practising hypocrisy) · gl macangón (person practising hypocrisy) · yi היפּאָקריט (person practising hypocrisy) · mk лицеме́рка (person practising hypocrisy) · it ipocrita (person practising hypocrisy) · sq shtiak (person practising hypocrisy) · sh dvoličnjak (person practising hypocrisy) · nn hyklar (person practising hypocrisy) · ur منافق (person practising hypocrisy) · fr pharisienne (person practising hypocrisy) · ko 위선자 (person practising hypocrisy) · ast soñu (person practising hypocrisy) · yi צדיק אין פּעלץ (person practising hypocrisy) · sh hipokrit (person practising hypocrisy) · th คนมือถือสากปากถือศีล (person practising hypocrisy) · cy rhagrithiwr (person practising hypocrisy) · ms purasetia (person practising hypocrisy) · fr tartuffe (person practising hypocrisy) · sl hinavec (person practising hypocrisy) · lv liekulis (person practising hypocrisy) · ast soñín (person practising hypocrisy) · pt hipócrita (person practising hypocrisy) · nl huichelaar (person practising hypocrisy) · fr pharisien (person practising hypocrisy) · sh лицемерка (person practising hypocrisy) · th คนหน้าไหว้หลังหลอก (person practising hypocrisy) · fr tartufe (person practising hypocrisy) · sh дволичник (person practising hypocrisy) · acw مُنَافِق (person practising hypocrisy) · gl santilorio (person practising hypocrisy) · kmr durû (person practising hypocrisy) · rup ipucritã (person practising hypocrisy) · sh licemer (person practising hypocrisy) · ast falsu (person practising hypocrisy) · cy rhagrithwraig (person practising hypocrisy) · srn hoigriman (person practising hypocrisy) · hy երեսպաշտ (person practising hypocrisy) · lv divkosis (person practising hypocrisy) · el υποκριτής (person practising 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