as in deception
the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have
the hypocrisy of people who claim to care about the environment but ride around in gas-guzzlers
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When criticized in the media, China typically pushes back, not without reason, by dismissing the criticism as politically motivated and by accusing its detractors of hypocrisy.
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Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
While a few extra characters are left at loose ends and therefore feel extraneous, those aren’t necessary for the communication of the central ideas of class warfare and hypocrisy.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
During the whole 10-month siege on Gaza, Biden has pleaded with Netanyahu for a cease-fire while at the same time providing the half-ton bombs used to indiscriminately massacre innocent women and children — the height of hypocrisy and an embarrassment to our country.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
The tweet’s earnest accusation of hypocrisy indicates this wasn’t some nihilistic edgelord joke, but a plain fabrication.
—Allen Salkin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
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Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
While a few extra characters are left at loose ends and therefore feel extraneous, those aren’t necessary for the communication of the central ideas of class warfare and hypocrisy.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
During the whole 10-month siege on Gaza, Biden has pleaded with Netanyahu for a cease-fire while at the same time providing the half-ton bombs used to indiscriminately massacre innocent women and children — the height of hypocrisy and an embarrassment to our country.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
The tweet’s earnest accusation of hypocrisy indicates this wasn’t some nihilistic edgelord joke, but a plain fabrication.
—Allen Salkin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for hypocrisy
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