🎭hypocrisy

Meaning

the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs but behaving in a way that contradicts them

the practice of claiming to have moral standards that one does not actually possess; insincerity

Example Sentences

His speech against corruption was full of hypocrisy.

His hypocrisy was exposed when he criticized others for the same mistakes he had made.

Example Expressions

sheer hypocrisy

Synonyms

insincerity, deceit, dishonesty, pretense, duplicity, deception

Entry 1

insincerity, deceit, dishonesty, pretense

Entry 2

insincerity, pretense, duplicity, deception

Antonyms

honesty, sincerity, integrity, genuineness

Entry 1

honesty, sincerity, integrity

Entry 2

sincerity, honesty, integrity, genuineness

Collocations

political hypocrisy, moral hypocrisy, religious hypocrisy, expose hypocrisy, sheer hypocrisy

Entry 1

political hypocrisy, moral hypocrisy, religious hypocrisy

Entry 2

moral hypocrisy, expose hypocrisy, sheer hypocrisy