EGAVE

hypocrisy

About 2.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
    political hypocrisy
  2. noun The claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not really have. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    rank hypocrisy
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun An instance of hypocrisy.

Similar words

lip service hypocrite doublespeak hypocritical hypocritically pretence spurious phony insincerity sham

Often followed by

and of in is to or that which was

Word family

hypocrisies

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