/iˈpokɾita/
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Translation
hypocritical, hypocrite
Word origin
From Greek hypokrites ('actor, pretender'), from hypokrinesthai ('to answer, to play a part on stage').
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- hypokrites
- English cognates
- hypocrite, hypocrisy
Grammar
Masc pluralhipocritas
Examples
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I cannot stand hypocritical people.
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He is a hypocrite who says one thing and does another.
¡ !
What a hypocritical attitude!
fingir .
She was very hypocritical in pretending that she cared.
¿ criticar ?
Do you not find it hypocritical to criticise what you also do?
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