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hypocritical

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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?

Related forms

hyp·o·crit·i·cal·ly, adverb

un·hyp·o·crit·i·cal, adjective

un·hyp·o·crit·i·cal·ly, adverb

Can be confused: hypercritical, hypocritical.

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That's contradictory and hypocritical and it doesn't make sense to me.

It might be silly but it isn't quite hypocritical.

His analysis is hypocritical and intellectually dishonest.

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hypocrite (ˈhɪpəkrɪt)

—n
	a person who pretends to be what he is not

[C13: from Old French ipocrite, via Late Latin, from Greek hupokritēs one who plays a part, from hupokrinein to feign, from krinein to judge]

hypo'critical

—*adj*

hypo'critically

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

hypocritical

1560s, from hypocritic (1530s), which was used in the same sense, from Gk. hypokritikos "acting a part" (see hypocrisy).

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"I have no faith in our hypocritical, false, hysterical, uneducated and lazy intelligentsia when they suffer and complain: their oppression comes from within. I believe in individual people. I see salvation in discrete individuals, intellectuals and peasants, strewn hither and yon throughout Russia. They have the strength, although there are few of them."

-Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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