hypocritical
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6.1
- adjective
- /ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪkəl/
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hipócrita
- She made a hypocritical statement about honesty while secretly being dishonest herself.
- a hypocritical stance
But if if you do the hypocritical path, you're just doomed.
- But if if you do the hypocritical path, you're just doomed.
- They do not understand how ridiculous and hypocritical Trump and his entire administration is.
- It's too easy for me to be hypocritical to play games with God and play games with people.
- You know, we, we are really just trying to mock things that are stupid and people acting in stupid or hypocritical ways.
- But what I found contradicting and very hypocritical was as long as I gave him the money, he would score for me.
- Yeah, we are complete hypocritical bullshit artists.
- But here is where it takes the hypocritical twist.
- If you get for the hypocritical politeness, you might lose a lot.
- I am a fucking psychopathic, schizophrenic, hypocritical driver.
Examples
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Is it hypocritical to be somewhere else and not be concerned or as concerned with that locality as you are with your home?
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It's pretty hypocritical, don't you think?
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I talked to the students and you know, there was something else so hypocritical about it.
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It's too easy for me to be hypocritical to play games with God and play games with people.
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So this is basically where people will argue that the tech companies are being hypocritical and they want it both ways.
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"I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer."
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They do not understand how ridiculous and hypocritical Trump and his entire administration is.
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Fellow citizens, children of God, it is a hypocritical legacy we so-called Puritans bear.
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Ruth and I didn't baptize Laura; it seemed hypocritical to do so.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's hypocritical for him to criticize others for being late when he frequently arrives after the scheduled time.
Synonyms
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7.8
Pretending to be honest by hiding what you know
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8.5
Acting as if you are morally better than other people
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6.7
A person who acts friendly to your face while saying bad things behind your back
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4.2
Not showing real feelings or meaning what you say
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8.9
Pretending to feel one way while acting another way
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8.7
Acting as if morally better than other people
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9.9
Pretending to be morally better than other people
Showing one feeling while acting differently to trick people
Pretending to be morally better while judging others
Showing false moral pride and judging others harshly
Acting like a good person while not being so
Speaking or acting as if morally good but not sincere
Antonyms
How Hypocritical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hypocritical comes from the Greek word hupokritēs, which meant 'actor' or 'one who pretends'. So a hypocritical person is like an actor who shows good behaviour on the outside while not really feeling or doing it inside.