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hypocrite
/ˈhɪpəˌkɹɪt/
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What does hypocrite mean?
noun
- Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhɪpəˌkɹɪt/
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The sanctimonious hypocrite, the sleek speculator, and others whom he has probably encountered in life are done "to the queen's taste."
In the world where he was going soon, were the majority like them, or were they of the hypocrite and bun-throwing classes?
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I write first of the nervous hypocrite because in her case the nervous strain is deeper in and more difficult to find.
The old hypocrite, Tartuffe or Pecksniff, was a man whose aims were really worldly and practical, while he pretended that they were religious.
How courtesy would seem to cover sin, When what is done is like an hypocrite, The which is good in nothing but in sight!