/i.pɔ.kʁit/
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hypocritical; hypocrite
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Word origin
From Latin hypocrita ('stage actor'), from Greek hupokrites ('actor, pretender'), from hupokrinesthai ('to play a part'). English 'hypocrite' has the same source.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- hupokrites
- English cognates
- hypocrite, hypocrisy
Grammar
Examples
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He is hypocritical, he speaks well of you to your face and badly behind your back.
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I hate hypocritical people.
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This speech is completely hypocritical.
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Do not be a hypocrite, you know you are wrong.
interlocuteurs.
Hypocrites change their face depending on who they talk to.
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