When his private letters were made public, they revealed his hypocrisy. the hypocrisy of people who say one thing but do another Teenagers often have a keen awareness of their parents' hypocrisies.
Recent Examples on the WebThe White House accuses critics of its student-loan forgiveness of hypocrisy because some of them accepted Paycheck Protection Program loans, which were then forgiven. Michael Faulkender, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 But there are others, including historic affinities to Moscow, concerns at signs of US disengagement and a distrust of former colonial powers that fuels a sense of hypocrisy. Alan Crawford, Bloomberg.com, 5 Aug. 2022 The hypocrisy over opposing defunding the police in 2020, but calling for the FBI to be defunded now, is clear – though not at all atypical. Shaun Harper, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Not the surcharge, but everything behind the surcharge: the thinking, the corporate mentality, the hypocrisy, the exclusionary policies. Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 11 May 2022 But stand-up comedy is where Black has unleashed his genius for skewering hypocrisy, corruption and incompetence, which 2022 seems to have in abundance. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2022 And third, there’s the GOP hypocrisy—as there always is with them. Dean Obeidallah, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2022 But is the crime here — if there is a crime, in an ethical if not a legal sense — mere hypocrisy?New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022 The hypocrisy, in Abrams’s case, put into picture form one of America’s great divides. Kyle Smith, National Review, 7 Feb. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English ypocrisye, borrowed from Anglo-French ypocrisie, borrowed from Late Latin hypocrisis, ypocrisis, borrowed from Greek hypókrisis "playing a part on the stage, pretending to be something one is not," from hypokri-, variant stem of hypokrī́nomai, hypokrī́nesthai "to reply, make an answer, speak in dialogue, play a part on the stage, feign" (from hypo-hypo- + krī́nomai, middle voice of krī́nō, krī́nein "to separate, choose, decide, judge") + -sis, suffix forming nouns of action or process — more at certain entry 1