'Hypocrisy' definitions:
Definition of 'hypocrisy'
From: WordNet
noun
An expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction [syn: hypocrisy, lip service]
noun
Insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
Definition of 'Hypocrisy'
From: GCIDE
- Hypocrisy \Hy*poc"ri*sy\ (h[i^]*p[o^]k"r[i^]*s[y^]), n.; pl. Hypocrisies (-s[i^]z). [OE. hypocrisie, ypocrisie, OF. hypocrisie, ypocrisie, F. hypocrisie, L. hypocrisis, fr. Gr. "ypo`krisis the playing a part on the stage, simulation, outward show, fr. "ypokr`nesqai to answer on the stage, to play a part; "ypo` under + kri`nein to decide; in the middle voice, to dispute, contend. See Hypo-, and Critic.] The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness. [1913 Webster]
- Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]
- Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. --La Rochefoucauld (Trans. ). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hypocrisy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affectation,
- affectedness,
- airs,
- airs and graces,
- artfulness,
- artificiality,
- cant,
- casuistry,
- charlatanism,
- charlatanry,
- chicanery,
- craft,
- cunning,
- deceit,
- deceitfulness,
- deception,
- double-dealing,
- duplicity,
- empty gesture,
- facade,
- fakery,
- false front,
- false piety,
- false show,
- falseheartedness,
- falseness,
- feigned belief,
- front,
- furtiveness,
- glibness,
- goody-goodiness,
- guile,
- humbug,
- hypocriticalness,
- image,
- indirection,
- insidiousness,
- insincerity,
- lip service,
- lying,
- mannerism,
- mealymouthedness,
- mendacity,
- mere show,
- mouthing,
- mummery,
- oiliness,
- ostentatious devotion,
- Pecksniffery,
- pecksniffery,
- pharisaicalness,
- Pharisaism,
- pharisaism,
- pietism,
- pietisticalness,
- piety,
- piousness,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- prunes and prisms,
- public image,
- put-on,
- putting on airs,
- quackery,
- religionism,
- religiosity,
- sanctimoniousness,
- sanctimony,
- self-righteousness,
- sham,
- shiftiness,
- show,
- sneak attack,
- sneakiness,
- snivel,
- snuffle,
- snuffling,
- soft soap,
- stylishness,
- surreptitiousness,
- sweet talk,
- Tartuffery,
- Tartuffism,
- tokenism,
- treacherousness,
- two-facedness,
- unction,
- unctuousness,
- underhandedness,
- unnaturalness