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- DictionaryHy·poc·ri·sy/həˈpäkrəsē/
noun
- 1. the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense: "his target was the hypocrisy of suburban life"
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- Hypocrisy
Pretense of virtue; failure to follow one’s own expressed principles
Hypocrisy is the practice of feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not. The word "hypocrisy" entered the English language c. 1200 with the meaning "the sin of pretending to virtue or goodness". Today, "hypocrisy" often refers to advocating behaviors that one does not practice. However, the term can also refer to other forms of pretense, such as engaging in pious or moral behav... Wikipedia
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