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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Recent Examples of hypocrisy
The backlash against religious celebrities shows that celebrity authenticity and cultural tolerance has limits – and hypocrisy.
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Ashley Hume, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2025
The hypocrisies of what might be called humanity’s delusions of superiority suggest the need for deeper questioning.
—Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
The scale of hypocrisy here is staggering.
—Wal Van Lierop, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
But between Zuckerberg’s Meta throwing a legal arsenal into silencing former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams’s damning insider account and Musk’s attempts to silence critics on X, as well as opposition protests in Türkiye, the hypocrisy is inescapable.
—David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2025
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Ashley Hume, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2025
The hypocrisies of what might be called humanity’s delusions of superiority suggest the need for deeper questioning.
—Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
The scale of hypocrisy here is staggering.
—Wal Van Lierop, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
But between Zuckerberg’s Meta throwing a legal arsenal into silencing former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams’s damning insider account and Musk’s attempts to silence critics on X, as well as opposition protests in Türkiye, the hypocrisy is inescapable.
—David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypocrisy
Noun
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In another case, Balmer pleaded guilty in 2016 to forgery and theft by deception charges, court documents show.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
14 Apr. 2025
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Imposter syndrome is an internal struggle with feeling like a fraud despite being qualified, whereas career catfishing is an active deception.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The deceit and deception is positively intoxicating to this longtime reality competition fan.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The campaign registers domains that are close enough to legitimate websites to trick users into clicking, or at least to stop them flagging the deceit.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ivy-as-Marilyn is an inconsiderate, amphetamine guzzling faux-intellectual whose devotion to the acting craft is presented as a vainglorious affectation.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The interaction between Briony and Jamie starts off amiably, with Jamie needling Briony for her posh affectations.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Hypocrisy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocrisy. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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