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Synonyms for hypocrisy
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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. hypocrisy

    Pretense (Latin prætendo) primarily signifies the holding something forward as having certain rights or claims, whether truly or falsely; in the good sense, it is now rarely used except with a negative; as, there can be no pretense that this is due; a false pretense implies the possibility of a true pretense; but, alone and unlimited, pretense commonly signifies the offering of something for what it is not. Hypocrisy is the false pretense of moral excellence, either as a cover for actual wrong, or for the sake of the credit and advantage attaching to virtue. Cant (Latin cantus, a song), primarily the singsong iteration of the language of any party, school, or sect, denotes the mechanical and pretentious use of religious phraseology, without corresponding feeling or character; sanctimoniousness is the assumption of a saintly manner without a saintly character. As cant is hypocrisy in utterance, so sanctimoniousness is hypocrisy in appearance, as in looks, tones, etc. Pietism, originally a word of good import, is now chiefly used for an unregulated emotionalism; formalism is an exaggerated devotion to forms, rites, and ceremonies, without corresponding earnestness of heart; sham (identical in origin with shame) is a trick or device that puts one to shame, or that shamefully disappoints expectation or falsifies appearance. Affectation is in matters of intellect, taste, etc., much what hypocrisy is in morals and religion; affectation might be termed petty hypocrisy. Compare DECEPTION.

    Synonyms:
    affectation, cant, dissimulation, formalism, pharisaism, pietism, pretense, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, sham

    Antonyms:
    candor, frankness, genuineness, honesty, ingenuousness, openness, sincerity, transparency, truth, truthfulness

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hypocrisy, lip servicenoun

    an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

    Synonyms:
    lip service

  2. hypocrisynoun

    insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have

    Synonyms:
    lip service

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hypocrisynoun

    Synonyms:
    pharisaism, formalism, sanctimoniousness, cant, pietism, assumed piety

  2. hypocrisynoun

    Synonyms:
    dissimulation, deceit, deception, imposture, pretence, false profession

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hypocrisynoun

    Synonyms:
    dissimulation, pharisaism, sanctimoniousness

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "hypocrisy":

    hypocritical, hypocrite, insincerity, self-righteousness

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How to use hypocrisy in a sentence?

  1. Clifford Villalon:

    There is no hypocrisy in truthfulness.

  2. Marjorie Greene:

    The real hypocrisy of this lie and attack on me and my company is the fact that John Cowan does not have any of John Cowan companies registered on E-verify, marjorie Greene own toy company, CortexToys, which manufactures its toys in Communist China and operates out of a warehouse in Rome, Ga., is not registered on E-verify. So not only does John Cowan send American jobs overseas, John Cowan also does not verify [ the ] legality of citizenship of employees here in the U.S.

  3. Abraham Lincoln:

    Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except Negroes and foreigners and Catholics.' When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy hypocrisy.

  4. Chad Prather:

    When you play arsonist and firefighter, the hypocrisy bleeds through pretty fast, the media gives him a lot of credit because he uses a lot of conservative rhetoric.

  5. Matthew Woolfe:

    The Playboy Sultan is getting on in years now, and The Playboy Sultan family hasn't always had the cleanest of reputations, certainly, there are a lot of people talking about the hypocrisy of laws that The Playboy Sultan and The Playboy Sultan government are implementing when The Playboy Sultan family, in the past, could have been seen as being in violation of these laws with some of their antics.


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