hypocrite
a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that they do not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie their public statements.
Origin of hypocrite
1Other words for hypocrite
Other words from hypocrite
- hyp·o·crit·i·cal, adjective
- su·per·hyp·o·crite, noun
Words Nearby hypocrite
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How to use hypocrite in a sentence
So if you’re a left-leaning politician who throws a leg over a rig, you’re setting yourself up as a weakling, or a hypocrite, or a reckless fool.
In the local TV interview he did, Thomas juxtaposed McCarthy directly with another central California Republican in the House, David Valadao, as “hypocrites and heroes.”
We all know that Republicans are indeed hypocrites when it comes to debt and deficits.
How Democrats should wage war on coming GOP obstructionism | Paul Waldman | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostDemocrats have accused Republicans of being hypocrites, because of their refusal in 2016 to consider then-President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland.
Barrett confirmation hearing day four: ‘We have the votes,’ McConnell says of nomination | Seung Min Kim, Donna Cassata, Karoun Demirjian | October 15, 2020 | Washington PostThere’s even less reason for LGBTQ voters to support him, no matter what the hypocrites at Log Cabin tell you.
Does wildlife campaigner Prince Charles's hunting habit make him a hypocrite?
Prince Charles Photographed Shooting, Charges of Animal Cruelty and Royal Hypocrisy Reignited | Tom Sykes | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTArkansas Congressman Tom Cotton is a dangerous man and a hypocrite.
Eric Cantor was a noxious, cookie-cutter, U.S. Chamber, GOP hypocrite.
Now Let’s Replace All the Other Big-Spending Eric Cantors | Nick Gillespie | June 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTherefore, if a liberal makes too much money advocating on behalf of the poor, she or he becomes a hypocrite.
Your criticism of me as a hypocrite is lame, weak and not really thought out.
Spike Lee Blasts The New York Times’ Story on Brooklyn Gentrification in Fiery Op-Ed | Marlow Stern | March 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe true man stands out in his native dignity and the gilding is rubbed off the hypocrite.
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. WardThou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousBut while she cared little for his adulations, she did not because of them consider him a scoundrel, nor necessarily a hypocrite.
Overland | John William De ForestThree shall not enter Paradise—the scoffer, the hypocrite, and the slanderer.
But in the priestly city, where education consists in being taught to play the hypocrite and to lie, traitors abound.
Rule of the Monk | Giuseppe Garibaldi
British Dictionary definitions for hypocrite
/ (ˈhɪpəkrɪt) /
a person who pretends to be what he is not
Origin of hypocrite
1Derived forms of hypocrite
- hypocritical, adjective
- hypocritically, adverb
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