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hypocritical
[ hip-uh-krit-i-kuhl ]
adjective
- of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess:
The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- possessing the characteristics of hypocrisy:
Isn't a politician hypocritical for talking about human dignity while voting against reasonable social programs?
Other Word Forms
- o·i·· adverb
- ܲh··i· adjective
- ܲh··i··ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of hypocritical1
Example Sentences
He once used an unexpectedly shocking simile to denounce what he termed "hypocritical clericalism".
How hypocritical to visit Trump one week and then turn around and celebrate Jackie Robinson Day the next.
Columnist Dylan Hernández writes the Dodgers can’t pretend it isn’t hypocritical to visit President Trump a week before hosting Jackie Robinson Day.
Rather than continue to stimulate important conversations, the Dodgers are back to whistling past America’s graveyard, pretending there is nothing hypocritical about visiting President Trump one week and celebrating Jackie Robinson Day the next.
Haughty, hypocritical Dingley, she fears, won’t want anything to do with the family once this scandal goes viral, which in the Regency period translates into a wildfire of whispering throughout polite society.
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