hypocrisy

Word Type

n.

hypocrisy Meaning Definition

The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness.

Synonyms for hypocrisy

Pecksniffery,Pharisaism,Tartuffery,Tartuffism,affectation,affectedness,airs,airs and graces,artfulness,artificiality,cant,casuistry,charlatanism,charlatanry,chicanery,craft,cunning,deceit,deceitfulness,deception,double-dealing,duplicity,empty gesture,facade,fakery,false front,false piety,false show,falseheartedness,falseness,feigned belief,front,furtiveness,glibness,goody-goodiness,guile,humbug,hypocriticalness,image,indirection,insidiousness,insincerity,lip service,lying,mannerism,mealymouthedness,mendacity,mere show,mouthing,mummery,oiliness,ostentatious devotion,pecksniffery,pharisaicalness,pharisaism,pietism,pietisticalness,piety,piousness,pretense,pretension,prunes and prisms,public image,put-on,putting on airs,quackery,religionism,religiosity,sanctimoniousness,sanctimony,self-righteousness,sham,shiftiness,show,sneak attack,sneakiness,snivel,snuffle,snuffling,soft soap,stylishness,surreptitiousness,sweet talk,tokenism,treacherousness,two-facedness,unction,unctuousness,underhandedness,unnaturalness

Synonym Search Links for hypocrisy

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