hypocrite Meaning & Definition

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Meaning of hypocrite In English

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Examples of hypocrite

  • He would be a hypocrite, and we have a perfectly good word for that, without fiddling with the notion of truth.

  • To put it more simply, very often, archaeological theorists, the author of this article included, can appear as hypocrites.

  • The world, as he saw it, was full of chisellers and con-men, hypocrites and grifters who were either ludicrous or malevolent or both.

  • It is said to be the hypocrite, who deceives others with false doctrines.

  • Monks and priests are often represented as high-living hypocrites whereas nuns appear as beautiful exemplars of genuine charity.

  • The hypocrites depart from the threshold of fortune by the efforts of their own feet and fall into destruction.

  • To judge the real character as "bad" by an impossible standard of perfection, however, is to impose criminal liability without fault (and to turn every judge into a hypocrite).

  • That impression is not so much one of lions led by donkeys as of hippopotami managed by hypocrites.

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Translations of hypocrite In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    偽君子,偽善者…

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  • 中文简体

    伪君子,伪善者…

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  • Español

    hipócrita, hipócrita [masculine-feminine]…

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  • Português

    hipócrita…

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  • Türk dili

    iki yüzlü/riyakâr kimse, mürai…

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  • Français

    hypocrite [masculine-feminine], hypocrite…

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  • Čeština

    pokrytec…

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  • Dansk

    hykler…

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