Definitions for hypocrite
ˈhɪp ə krɪthyp·ocrite

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretendernoun

   a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. hypocritenoun

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

2. Etymology: ypocrite, from hypocrita, from ὑποκριτής, from ὑποκρίνομαι

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

1. HYPOCRITEnoun

   A dissembler in morality or religion.

   Etymology: hypocrite, French; ὑϖοϰϱιτὴς.

   He heartily prays some occasion may detain us longer: I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart. William Shakespeare.

   A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein, is as a ship in a storm. Ecclus. xxxiii. 3.

   Fair hypocrite, you seek to cheat in vain;
   Your silence argues, you ask time to reign. Dryden.

   The making religion necessary to interest might increase hypocrisy; but if one in twenty should be brought to true piety, and nineteen be only hypocrites, the advantage would still be great. Jonathan Swift.

   Beware, ye honest: the third circling glass
   Suffices virtue: but may hypocrites,
   Who slily speak one thing, another think,
   Hateful as hell, still pleas’d unwarn’d drink on,
   And through intemp’rance grow a while sincere. Phillips.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hypocrite

   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. hypocrite

   A hypocrite is a person who pretends to hold certain beliefs, attitudes, or principles that they do not actually possess or follow, often showing inconsistency between their actions and their stated values or moral standards.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Hypocritenoun

   one who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Hypocrite

   hip′o-krit, n. one who practises hypocrisy.—adj. Hypocrit′ical, practising hypocrisy.—adv. Hypocrit′ically. [Fr.,—L.,—Gr. hypokritēs.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HYPOCRITE

   A horse dealer. From Grk. _hippos_, horse, and _kroteo_, to beat. One who beats you on a horse trade. Home is where the mortgage is. I Aim at a chorus-girl and you may hit a star.--_Stage-Door Secrets_. ICE A substance frequently associated with a tumble in winter, a tumbler in summer, and a skate the year around.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hypocrite in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hypocrite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of hypocrite in a Sentence

1. Donna Brazile:

   I hope Bill Clinton starts talking about women's issues so that voters can see what a hypocrite he is and how Hillary abused those women! you can't put this under the rug. It's out there. So yes, deal with it. But you know, we can also says it's an old issue, this election is about the future... If Donald Trump wants to go in the sewer and play this game, do it.

2. Adam Jentleson:

   Mitch McConnell is the world's most accomplished hypocrite, alito received fair hearings, floor consideration and was confirmed.

3. Abraham Lincoln:

   Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

4. Lena Dunham:

   It’s just so crazy because I spent six years of my career being called things like ‘bag of milk’… ‘baby cow,’ ‘aging cow.’ But when she recently lost weight, some people also turned against her. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Then I had this experience of my body changing and suddenly I had all these people being like, 'you're a hypocrite, I thought you were body positive. I thought you were a person who embraced bodies of all sizes,' and I'm like ‘I do, I just also understand that bodies change, we live a long time, things happen.’ Dunham told DeGeneres she the comments irked her. I was frustrated by it because it really was evidence that as a woman in Hollywood, you just can't win.

5. Jay Monahan:

   I recognize that people are going to call me a hypocrite, but circumstances do change.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hypocrite
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hypocrite
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hypocrite
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocrite
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypocrite
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hypocrite
8. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=hypocrite