Definitions for Hypocritical
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. hypocriticaladjective

   professing feelings or virtues one does not have

   "hypocritical praise"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hypocriticaladjective

   Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.

2. Etymology: From hypocritic + -al, from ὑποκριτικός, from ὑποκριτής, from ὑποκρίνομαι, from ὑπό + κρίνω.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hypocritical, Hypocritickadjective

   Dissembling; insincere; appearing differently from the reality.

   Etymology: from hypocrite.

   Now you are confessing your enormities; I know it by that hypocritical, down-cast look. John Dryden, Spanish Fryar.

   Whatever virtues may appear in him, they will be esteemed an hypocritical imposture on the world; and in his retired pleasures, he will be presumed a libertine. John Rogers, Sermons.

   Let others skrew their hypocritick face. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hypocritical

   Hypocrisy is the practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one criticizes another or the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform. In moral psychology, it is the failure to follow one's own expressed moral rules and principles. According to British political philosopher David Runciman, "Other kinds of hypocritical deception include claims to knowledge that one lacks, claims to a consistency that one cannot sustain, claims to a loyalty that one does not possess, claims to an identity that one does not hold". American political journalist Michael Gerson says that political hypocrisy is "the conscious use of a mask to fool the public and gain political benefit".Hypocrisy has been a subject of folk wisdom and wisdom literature from the beginnings of human history. Increasingly, since the 1980s, it has also become central to studies in behavioral economics, cognitive science, cultural psychology, decision making, ethics, evolutionary psychology, moral psychology, political sociology, positive psychology, social psychology, and sociological social psychology.

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1. hypocritical

   Hypocritical refers to the behavior of a person who pretends to have beliefs, virtues, feelings, qualities, or standards that they do not actually possess, especially a person whose actions contradict their stated beliefs. It often involves the act of criticizing others for behaviors that one engages in as well.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Hypocriticaladjective

   of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical action

2. Etymology: [Gr. : cf. F. hypocritique.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hypocritical in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of Hypocritical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Hypocritical in a Sentence

1. David Frank:

   It is not hypocritical to use fossil fuels in order to try to get ourselves off of fossil fuels, particularly since this is simply unavoidable!

2. Maya Wang:

   These countries pride themselves for being leaders of the Islamic world, but they don't bat an eyelid when returning people for persecution for being Muslim, it is quite outrageous and I think it's hypocritical, but that illustrates the geopolitical reality.

3. Daniella Greenbaum:

   So I thought, how can I write about these issues and get paralyzed by fear of job security when I’m confronted with it in my real life? It seemed hypocritical to me to do anything different.

4. Hugh Dugan:

   On the surface, to the guy in the street, it looks very hypocritical with this organization giving a podium to that regime, what I sense now is a very large number of U.N. members, and not only European members, really feel that this is highlighting some fundamental dysfunctions and some fundamental anachronisms in how the U.N. works and when hopefully the immediate drama of the war is over, we’re going to hear a lot of talk about U.N. reform, although I don't know what that will really deliver at the end of the day.

5. Robert Speel:

   It’ll be interesting to see if voters turn against the Republican Party, seeing them as hypocritical.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Hypocritical
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hypocritical
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Hypocritical
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocritical
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hypocritical