hypocrisy
/hɪˈpɑkɹəsi/noun4 syllables
Hypocrisy means: an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction.
Synonyms for hypocrisy3
noun, as in an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
lip service
also used for hypocrisy
hypocriticality, hypocriticalness
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What does hypocrisy mean?2
noun
1
an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
2
insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with hypocrisy?3
four syllables
five syllables
aristocracy
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Hypocrisy in a sentence
- In the scientific world, there is a lot of intellectual hypocrisy.joshodude_1308
- Yitzhak wants true peace and justice, not political hypocrisy, racism, and massacres.OsoHombre
- Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.AlanF_US
- She was tired of the hypocrisy in the organization.IMer
- The author is critizing the hypocrisy of the society.Ioan_Cristian
- There are men who manage to hide even their own hypocrisy.Scott
- Algerians disguise the socio-political reality of their country by pride and hypocrisy.Igider
- Nowadays hypocrisy is normal and lies are the truth.maaster
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Forms of hypocrisy
as a noun
- plural
- hypocrisies