Definition of hypocrite Hypocrite
/hɪˈpʌkɹɪˌt/ - [hipukrit] - hyp•o•crite
We found 7 definitions of hypocrite from 7 different sources.
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What does hypocrite mean?
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NounPlural: hypocrites |
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| hypocrite - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | ||
| dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender | ||
| cheater, deceiver, beguiler, slicker, trickster, cheat someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | ||
| smoothy, sweet talker, charmer, smoothie a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness) | ||
| tartufe, tartuffe a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hypocrite (n.)
One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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hypocrite
Someone who dissembles.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hypocrite
hip′o-krit, n. one who practises hypocrisy.—adj. Hypocrit′ical, practising hypocrisy.—adv. Hypocrit′ically. [Fr.,—L.,—Gr. hypokritēs.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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hypocrite
A horse dealer. From Grk. hippos, horse, and kroteo, to beat. One who beats you on a horse trade.
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🔤- hypocrite, noun, singular of hypocrites.
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