HYPOCRISY


Meaning of HYPOCRISY in English

n. (pl. -ies) 1 the assumption or postulation of moral standards to which one's own behaviour does not conform; dissimulation, pretence. 2 an instance of this.

[ ME f. OF ypocrisie f. eccl.L hypocrisis f. Gk hupokrisis acting of a part, pretence (as HYPO-, krino decide, judge) ]

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