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hypocrite

Definition

  • noun: a person who claims or pretends to have certain beliefs about what is right but who behaves in a way that disagrees with those beliefs
  • noun: a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
  • synonyms: pretender, dissembler, cheat

Examples

  • the 'hypocrites' who criticize other people for not voting but who don't always vote themselves

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) it can be so bad with the other one... Not he/she has felt so much to judge, to control, all those things... - That people are speaking? - You already know... Parents, hypocrites, political, cretin... That is an error. It is an error to go so deep with those things. You are a very young boy, (..)
    2007 Into the Wild