Meaning of hypocrite | Babel Free

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1. Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
2. Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. A person given to hypocrisy.
4. a person who practices hypocrisy, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
5. A person who practices hypocrisy:pharisee, phony, tartuffe.
6. the act or state of pretending to be better than one is or to have feelings or beliefs which one does not actually have. huigelary, skynheiligheid رِياء، نِفاق лицемерие hipocrisia pokrytectví die Heuchelei hykleri υποκρισίαhipocresía silmakirjalikkus رياكاری tekopyhyys hypocrisieצביעות पाखण्ड, ढोंगी licemjerstvo képmutatás kemunafikan hræsni ipocrisia 偽善 위선 veidmainiavimas, veidmainystė liekulība kepura-puraan hypocrisie, huichelarij, schijnheiligheidhykleri, skinnhellighethipokryzja ریاکاری...
7. a person who is guilty of hypocrisy. huigelaar, skynheilige مُراءٍ، مُنافِق лицемер hipócrita pokrytec der/die Heuchler(in) hykler υποκριτήςhipócrita silmakirjateener رياكار tekopyhä hypocriteצבוע पाखण्डी licemjer képmutató orang munafik hræsnari ipocrita 偽善者 위선자 veidmainis liekulis hipokrit hypocriet, huichelaar, schijnheiligehykler, skinnhellig personhipokryta ریاکار hipócrita ipocrit лицемер pokrytec hinavec licemer hycklare คนที่มือถือสากปากถือศีล ikiyüzlü/riyakâr kimse 偽君子 лицемір ریاکار...
8. skynheilig رِيائي، نِفاقي лицемерен hipócrita pokrytecký heuchlerisch hyklerisk υποκριτικόςhipócrita silmakirjalik رياكارانه tekopyhä hypocriteצבוע आडम्बरी, पाखण्डी licemjeran képmutató munafik hræsnisfullur; uppgerðar- ipocrita 偽善の 위선적인 veidmainiškas liekulīgs yang hipokrit hypocriet, huichelachtig, schijnheilighyklersk, skinnhellig dwulicowy په ریاکاری سره hipócrita ipocrit лицемерный pokrytecký hinavski licemeran hycklande, skenhelig หน้าไหว้หลังหลอก ikiyüzlü, riyakâr 偽善的 лицемірний, удава...
9. skynheilig بِرياء، بِنِفاق лицемерно hipocritamente pokrytecky heuchlerisch hykleriskt υποκριτικάhipócritamente silmakirjalikult بطور رياكارانه tekopyhästi hypocritiquement בִּצְביעוּת आडम्बरी, पाखण्डी licemjerno képmutatóan secara munafik hræsnislega; uppgerðarlega ipocritamente 偽善的に 위선적으로 veidmainiškai liekulīgi dengan kepura-puraan hypocriet, huichelachtig, schijnheilighyklersk, skinnhellig obłudnie د ریاکاری په ډول hipocritamente cu ipocrizie лицемерно pokrytecky hinavsko licemerno hyckla...
10. a person who pretends to be what he is not
11. n → Heuchler(in) m(f), → Scheinheilige(r) mf
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Examples

“And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.”

“[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]”

“Neither Mr. Meacham, who mostly ignores Jefferson’s slave ownership, nor Mr. Wiencek, who sees him as a sort of fallen angel who comes to slavery only after discovering how profitable it could be, seem willing to confront the ugly truth: the third president was a creepy, brutal hypocrite.”

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