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Webster 1913 Edition
Hypocrite
Hyp′o-crite
,Noun.
[F., fr. L.
hypocrita
, Gr. [GREEK] one who plays a part on the stage, a dissembler, feigner. See Hypocrisy
.] One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.
The
hypocrite’s
hope shall perish. Job viii. 13.
Syn. – Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See
Dissembler
. Webster 1828 Edition
Hypocrite
HYP'OCRITE
,Noun.
1.
One who feigns to be what he is not; one who has the form of godliness without the power, or who assumes an appearance of piety and virtue, when he is destitute of true religion. And the hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job.8.
2.
A dissembler; one who assumes a false appearance. Fair hypocrite, you seek to cheat in vain.
Definition 2024
hypocrite
hypocrite
English
Noun
hypocrite (plural hypocrites)
- Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]
Synonyms
Translations
person practising hypocrisy
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See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ipɔkʁit/
Adjective
hypocrite m, f (plural hypocrites)
Derived terms
Noun
hypocrite m, f (plural hypocrites)
Synonyms
- (informal) faux-cul, faux cul, faux jeton