[hy.poc.ri.sy] n, pl -sies [ME ypocrisie, fr. OF, fr. LL hypocrisis, fr. Gk hypokrisis act of playing a part on the stage, hypocrisy, fr. hypokrinesthai to answer, act on the stage, fr. hypo- + krinein to decide--more at certain] (13c) 1: a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; esp: the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion
2: an act or instance of hypocrisy