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

  • (..) She doesn't talk very much ... ... but if you'd like to meet her, I can arrange a more personal milieu. The digital pimp hard at work. Pay no attention to these hypocrites, Neo. To deny our own impulses ... ... is to deny the very thing that makes us human. Dozer, when you're done ... See who? (..)
    1999 The Matrix