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hyp·o·crite
(hĭp′ə-krĭt′)n.
A person given to hypocrisy.
[Middle English ipocrite, from Old French, from Late Latin hypocrita, from Greek hupokritēs, actor, from hupokrīnesthai, to play a part, pretend; see hypocrisy.]
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hypocrite
(ˈhɪpəkrɪt)n
a person who pretends to be what he is not
[C13: from Old French ipocrite, via Late Latin, from Greek hupokritēs one who plays a part, from hupokrinein to feign, from krinein to judge]
ˌhypoˈcritical, ˌhypoˈcritic adj
ˌhypoˈcritically adv
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hyp•o•crite
(ˈhɪp ə krɪt)n.
a person who practices hypocrisy, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
[1175–1225; Middle English ipocrite < Old French < Late Latin hypocrita < Greek hypokritḗs a stage actor, hence one who plays a part, hypocrite =hypokri(nesthai) (see hypocrisy) + -tēs agent suffix]
hyp`o•crit′i•cal, adj.
hyp`o•crit′i•cal•ly, adv.
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Noun | 1. | hypocrite - 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 beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true Tartufe, Tartuffe - a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre - a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous |
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hypocrite
noun fraud, deceiver, pretender, charlatan, impostor, pharisee, dissembler, Tartuffe, Pecksniff, Holy Willie, whited sepulchre, phoney or phony (informal) The magazine wrongly suggested he was a liar and a hypocrite.
Quotations
"Their sighan', cantan', grace-proud faces,"
"Their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces" [Robert Burns To the Rev. John M'Math]
"Their sighan', cantan', grace-proud faces,"
"Their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces" [Robert Burns To the Rev. John M'Math]
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hypocrite
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Translations
مُراءٍ، مُنافِق
pokrytec
hykler
tekopyhä
álszentképmutató
hræsnari
위선자
ipocritipocrită
pokrytec
hinavec
hycklare
ikiyüzlü/riyakâr kimse
伪君子鄉愿
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hypocrite
n → Heuchler(in) m(f), → Scheinheilige(r) mf
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hypocrisy
(hiˈpokrəsi) noun the act or state of pretending to be better than one is or to have feelings or beliefs which one does not actually have.
hypocrite (ˈhipəkrit) noun a person who is guilty of hypocrisy.
ˌhypoˈcritical (hipəˈkri-) adjectiveˌhypoˈcritically adverb
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