hypocrisy
noun
a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
hypocrisies
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pluralof hypocrisy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There are many prejudices exhibited in the story—some Hemingway’s own and some intended to reveal the characters’ hypocrisies and flaws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Critics come in for harsher abuse, but Mr. Ireland spreads around his comical scorn about the vanities and hypocrisies of theater folk liberally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
And grew up on Mad magazine, where young minds were taught to recognize the deceptions and hypocrisies of politics, business and media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
He was also an enslaver, blind, as so many others, to his own hypocrisies.
From Slate ● May 9, 2025
In the dark, in the moonless jungle, the fissures are not so visible, the hypocrisies and lies less disturbing.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
