Hypocrite

Quick meaning: Hypocrite is a noun meaning Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.

Meaning

Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.

Example Sentences

[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Neither Mr. Meacham, who mostly ignores Jefferson’s slave ownership, nor Mr. Wiencek, who sees him as a sort of fallen angel who comes to slavery only after discovering how profitable it could be, seem willing to confront the ugly truth: the third president was a creepy, brutal hypocrite.

Word Forms

• hypocrites
• hypocrit

Synonyms for hypocrite

Depending on context, synonyms include flip-flopper, pretender, bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include phony, phoney, dissembler, hypocrisy, hypocritical, faker.

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