hypocrisy hɪˈpɒkrɪsi/ noun noun: hypocrisy; plural noun: hypocrisies 1. the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case. synonyms:sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, pietism, piousness, affected piety, affected superiority, false virtue, cant, humbug, pretence, posturing, speciousness, empty talk; insincerity, falseness, falsity, deceptiveness, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, dishonesty, dissembling, dissimulation, duplicity, imposture, two-facedness, double-dealing; Plain speaking was important to him—he hated hypocrisy antonyms: honesty, sincerity Middle English: from Old French ypocrisie, via ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek hupokrisis ‘acting of a theatrical part’, from hupokrinesthai ‘play a part, pretend’, from hupo ‘under’ + krinein ‘decide, judge’.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 04:50:44 +0000
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