as in deception
the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have
the hypocrisy of people who claim to care about the environment but ride around in gas-guzzlers
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Recent Examples of hypocrisy
Young people, in general, are particularly attuned to hypocrisies, which, in turn, kick up a sometimes errant, but oftentimes righteous, desire to rage against the machine.
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Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
Lying, like hypocrisy, happens often in the business world — and sometimes makes headlines.
—Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
She’s successfully beaten back charges of hypocrisy and bandwagon feminism, and her star can continue to shine.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
The unending, unjust Israel-Hamas war exposes rifts in the universality of human rights and the hypocrisy of Western nations, writes Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist and former professor of journalism at Princeton University.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
Lying, like hypocrisy, happens often in the business world — and sometimes makes headlines.
—Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
She’s successfully beaten back charges of hypocrisy and bandwagon feminism, and her star can continue to shine.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
The unending, unjust Israel-Hamas war exposes rifts in the universality of human rights and the hypocrisy of Western nations, writes Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist and former professor of journalism at Princeton University.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypocrisy
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But because pressured waterfowl aren’t easy to fool, hunters have been trying to perfect the art of decoy deception to swing the odds in their favor.Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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On Thursday, Prime Video debuted the first trailer for its series adaptation of the 1999 teen movie, all eight episodes premiering Nov. 21 on the streamer, bringing a familiar tale of deception to a new locale with all new characters.Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
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The film depicts a struggling impersonator of P. Ramlee, Malaysia’s most famous film director, who lives a life of deceit while trying to pay off debts and save his sister’s life.Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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Entrepreneurs, as well as their investors, partners, and employees risk becoming complicit in deceit when reality does not meet expectations.IESE Business School, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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His eccentricities — once easily dismissed as the affectations of a lonely man — read maniacal.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Strangely, the results come off as a directorial affectation, a willful cramping of her style.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Hypocrisy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocrisy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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