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Definition of Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy

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.

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Hypocrisy Quotations

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.
Mason Cooley

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
Benjamin Disraeli

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Ambrose Bierce

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
William Hazlitt

Hypocrisy Translations

hypocrisy in French is hypocrisie
hypocrisy in German is Heuchelei
hypocrisy in Italian is ipocrisia
hypocrisy in Norwegian is skinnhellighet, hykleri
hypocrisy in Swedish is hyckleri


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