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hypocrite

/ˈhɪpəˌkɹɪt/

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What does hypocrite mean?

noun

  1. 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."
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
In the world where he was going soon, were the majority like them, or were they of the hypocrite and bun-throwing classes?
Gene Stratton-PorterFrecklesProject Gutenberg ebook #111
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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.
Annie Payson CallNerves and Common SenseProject Gutenberg ebook #4339
The old hypocrite, Tartuffe or Pecksniff, was a man whose aims were really worldly and practical, while he pretended that they were religious.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonWhat's Wrong with the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #1717
How courtesy would seem to cover sin, When what is done is like an hypocrite, The which is good in nothing but in sight!
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100