Meaning

4 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)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

    He condemned the hypocrisy of politicians who broke their own laws.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not really have.

    rank hypocrisy

    charge of hypocrisy

    Heuchelei, Scheinheiligkeit, Hypokrisie

    лицеме́риеlicemérije, двули́чиеdvulíčije

    лицемі́рствоlycemírstvo, дволи́чністьdvolýčnistʹ

    insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have

  3. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Doppelmoral

    ха́нжествоxánžestvo

  4. (countable, uncountable)An instance of hypocrisy.

Examples

52 sentences

  1. I hate hypocrisy.

    Ненавиджу лицемірство. — shanghainese

    ruНенавижу лицемерие. — marafon

    deIch hasse Heuchelei. — xtofu80

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  2. I detest hypocrisy.

    Ненавиджу лицемірство. — shanghainese

    ruНенавижу лицемерие. — marafon

    deIch verabscheue Scheinheiligkeit. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. I'm sick of the hypocrisy.

    ruЯ устал от лицемерия. — marafon

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  4. Your hypocrisy is absolutely amazing.

    ruТвое лицемерие просто поражает. — yatomoya

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  5. I can't stand your hypocrisy.

    Я не переношу твого лицемірства. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess:
Русский
By meaning 2
claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess:
applying criticism to others that one does not apply equally to oneself:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess:
applying criticism to others that one does not apply equally to oneself:

Origin

From hypo- + Ancient Greek κρί(σις) (krí(sis)) + -isy. From Middle English ipocrisie, from

From hypo- + Ancient Greek κρί(σις) (krí(sis)) + -isy. From Middle English ipocrisie, from Old French ypocrisie, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, “answer, stage acting, pretense”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I answer (a fellow actor on stage), play a part, dissemble, feign”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under, equivalent of the modern "hypo-" prefix”) + the middle voice of κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, judge, decide”) + -isy.

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Forms

plural: hypocrisies
Singularhypocrisy
Pluralhypocrisies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
hypocriticalityhypocriticalness

Word family

4 related words
RelatedhypocriteC1hypocriticalC1hypocriticallyC1hypocritic

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hypnotisthypnotizehypochondriachypocriteC1hypocriticalC1hypodermic
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