as in liar
a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated opinions
Our coach is such a hypocrite. He demands that we maintain a healthy diet but seems to be always eating fast-food after practice.
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Recent Examples of hypocrite
Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
These protestors are fighting for a hypocrite, not a hero.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Such tales enabled them to charge that abolitionists were hypocrites who ignored the plight of England’s factory workers.
—Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
The filing painted West as a hypocrite who publicly advocates for the fair treatment and proper compensation of artists while exploiting them in private.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Those who argue in favor of the killing of some innocent people but against the killing of other innocent people —such as those who justify the unprovoked mass murders of Oct. 7 but condemn Israel’s self-defense measures — should be exposed as hypocrites.
—Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
These protestors are fighting for a hypocrite, not a hero.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Such tales enabled them to charge that abolitionists were hypocrites who ignored the plight of England’s factory workers.
—Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
The filing painted West as a hypocrite who publicly advocates for the fair treatment and proper compensation of artists while exploiting them in private.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypocrite
Noun
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But if his statement is false, then not all Cretans are liars, which therefore means that his statement could be true.—
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim,
The Dial,
4 Mar. 2025
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The first victim came forward in 2018, but she was called a liar by the administration at El Crystal and recanted, prosecutors said.—
Jason Green,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Conclave depicts the Catholic church at an inflection point, with warring political factions proving themselves vain, self-serving, and hypocritical in their pursuit of power.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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As resident jester at the maverick journalism outlet The Free Press, Nellie Bowles scours the news for the absurd and hypocritical, and then skewers the best of the worst in her column, TGIF.—
Roy Rivenburg,
The Christian Science Monitor,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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For some readers, such accolades read as insincere or overwrought.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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Honest criticism is rude, and insincere praise is — well, insincere.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There was too much history for anyone to dismantle, let alone a charlatan like Hitler.—
Luke Berryman,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Other contributor: Conor O’Neill (Top photo: Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images) Comments W Will S. · 2h 34m ago Because Maresca is a one trick pony charlatan and half of Chelsea’s first team players are more interested in Snapchat & Twitter.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Hypocrite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocrite. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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