as in liar
a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated opinions
Our coach is such a hypocrite. He demands that we maintain a healthy diet but seems to be always eating fast-food after practice.
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Recent Examples of hypocrite
Samantha Riedel, Them, 16 Aug. 2024
What about when the two people who are competing to lead this country are incompetent, incoherent, hypocrites?
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
In the interview with Lukyanov, Putin defended his annexation in September of four provinces in eastern and southern Ukraine and dismissed as hypocrites those in the United States and Europe who support Ukrainian sovereignty.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 16 Nov. 2022
So, don’t be a hypocrite: Turn off your A/C. Tom Scott
Sneaky stinkers
Queens Village: What gets me about these companies claiming that odor-free deodorants last up to 72 hours is that they are obviously geared toward people who hate to shower!
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024
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Noun
The ‘Daily Wire’ host bent his brain into a pretzel trying to explain why the Republican VP pick is not a hypocrite.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 16 Aug. 2024
What about when the two people who are competing to lead this country are incompetent, incoherent, hypocrites?
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
In the interview with Lukyanov, Putin defended his annexation in September of four provinces in eastern and southern Ukraine and dismissed as hypocrites those in the United States and Europe who support Ukrainian sovereignty.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 16 Nov. 2022
So, don’t be a hypocrite: Turn off your A/C. Tom Scott
Sneaky stinkers
Queens Village: What gets me about these companies claiming that odor-free deodorants last up to 72 hours is that they are obviously geared toward people who hate to shower!
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for hypocrite
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypocrite
Noun
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At every turn, the voices call her a liar and out of her mind.Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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The defense challenged Lemmons, asking if putting out a theory that does not pan out makes someone a liar.Jenna Sundel, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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McKissic writes that evangelical leaders' acceptance of Trump despite his alleged immoral conduct is hypocritical, contrasting it with their past condemnation of former President Bill Clinton's indiscretions.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Some even pointed to an interview Yang recently conducted with the pop star for Interview magazine, claiming that his comments seemed hypocritical in hindsight given the nature of his SNL performance.Stephen Daw, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
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Others offered themselves as mediators in the sincere (or insincere) hope of minimizing the war’s direct and ancillary costs or even of ending it altogether.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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That’s not to say there’s no room for course-correction — Karen’s frenemy Gizelle Bryant suddenly learning how to apologize this season is a good example — but that a sudden personality transplant reads as insincere.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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But in Wicked, he's elevated to an even more sinister place — not merely a charlatan, but a fraud who has seized power and wants to use the magic of others to create a totalitarian world that answers to his every whim.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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One exception is Cotton Marcus, the charlatan at the center of The Last Exorcism.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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“Hypocrite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocrite. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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