What is another word for hypocrisy?
Pronunciation:
[ hɪpˈɒkɹəsi], [ hɪpˈɒkɹəsi], [ h_ɪ_p_ˈɒ_k_ɹ_ə_s_i]
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Similar words for hypocrisy:
- artificiality (noun)
- cant (noun)
- communication (noun)
- deceit (noun)
- deception (noun)
- dishonesty (noun)
- disingenuousness (noun)
- double-dealing (noun)
- duplicity (noun)
- false colors (noun)
- falsity (noun)
- hypocrisy (noun)
- imposition (noun)
- insincerity (noun)
- lip service (noun)
- misrepresentation (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- pretension (noun)
- pretentiousness (noun)
- quackery (noun)
- sham (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- prudishness
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Hypocrisy:
n.
• artificiality (noun) • cant (noun) • communication (noun) • deceit (noun)- smoke and mirrors,
- treachery,
- chicanery,
- trickery,
- deceitfulness,
- overreaching,
- craft,
- trapping,
- guile,
- craftiness,
- cheating,
- Dissemblance,
- Cozening,
- artifice,
- Defrauding,
- imposition,
- dirty pool,
- slyness,
- Entrapping,
- underhandedness,
- two-timing,
- cunning.
- cozenage,
- circumvention,
- treason,
- dirt,
- fast one,
- sophism,
- cheat,
- disinformation,
- dupery,
- lying,
- duplicity,
- blarney,
- boondoggles,
- hokum,
- flimflam,
- betrayal,
- snow job,
- Defraudation,
- equivocation,
- trickiness,
- beguilement,
- prevarication,
- boondoggle,
- juggling,
- trumpery,
- mendacity,
- legerdemain,
- beguilements,
- deceptiveness.
- deviousness,
- corruption,
- crookedness,
- dishonesty,
- unscrupulousness,
- immorality,
- feloniousness,
- Improbity,
- traitorousness.
- co-lorings,
- mis statements,
- mis-statements,
- co-loring,
- mis statement,
- co lorings,
- false-colors,
- co loring.
- error,
- erroneousness,
- unfaithfulness,
- canard,
- fib,
- misrepresentation,
- fake,
- tale,
- fallacy,
- story,
- inaccuracy.
- display,
- irreverence,
- quackery,
- unctuousness,
- glibness,
- bigotry,
- speciousness,
- false profession,
- casuistry,
- mockery,
- fraud,
- dissembling,
- affectation,
- pietism,
- imposture.
- hocus-pocus,
- stratagem,
- trick,
- Hocuspocus,
- illusion,
- con,
- hoax.
- tokenism,
- lip praise,
- mouth honor,
- empty talk,
- lip reverence,
- smooth talk,
- token agreement,
- hollow words,
- hypocritical respect,
- lip worship,
- Mouthing,
- tongue in cheek,
- sweet talk,
- jives,
- jive,
- lip devotion,
- lip homage.
- misstatement,
- cover up,
- deceit,
- pretension,
- ambidextrousness,
- perfidy,
- va,
- skullduggery,
- unrealities,
- insincerity,
- dualities,
- cunnings,
- infidelity,
- mis-statement,
- sham holiness,
- falsity,
- dirty dealing,
- stab in back,
- fakery,
- ambidexterity,
- double-dealing,
- uncandidness,
- Hanky Panky,
- pious platitudes,
- hypocriticalness,
- duality,
- chicane,
- chicanes,
- artificiality,
- sharp practice,
- coverup,
- affected piety,
- dissimulation,
- unreality,
- pecksniffery,
- bad faith,
- deception,
- sham,
- dirty trick,
- hypocrisy,
- shiftiness,
- Double dealing,
- cant,
- vas,
- disingenuousness,
- fourberie,
- twoness,
- pious platitude,
- Pharisaicalness,
- Pharisaism,
- fraudulence.
- self-importance,
- showboat,
- vainglory,
- disguise,
- snobbery,
- showiness,
- conceit,
- showboats,
- big talk,
- phonies,
- charade,
- put-on,
- vanity,
- showoff.
Other synonyms:
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- phoniness.
- falsehood,
- mental outlook,
- opinion,
- fiction,
- lie,
- attitude,
- feeling,
- mindset,
- untruth,
- character,
- view,
- temper.
- mendacious,
- Phariseeism,
- cajolery,
- disingenuous,
- sneakiness,
- oiliness,
- public image,
- stylishness,
- perfidious,
- counterfeit,
- spuriousness,
- disloyal,
- hollowness,
- Misdevotion,
- obstinacy,
- falseness,
- putting on airs,
- funny business,
- imaginary,
- knavery,
- unnaturalness,
- facade,
- jesuitism,
- artfulness,
- snuffle,
- furtiveness,
- false show,
- illegitimate,
- affectedness,
- sophistry,
- phony,
- ostentatious,
- Charlatanry,
- unreal,
- pretending,
- imitation,
- mannerism,
- airs and graces,
- charlatanism,
- corrupt,
- Sabbatarianism,
- surreptitiousness,
- indirection,
- fraudulent,
- fulsomeness,
- faulty,
- dishonest,
- delusion,
- unction,
- fictitious,
- specious,
- mummery,
- subterfuge,
- blue laws,
- auction,
- false piety,
- unfaithful,
- Sabbatism,
- untruthfulness,
- lingo,
- Flam,
- bogus,
- sacerdotalism,
- tilt,
- jargon,
- snuffling,
- insidiousness,
- religiosity,
- erroneous,
- crocodile tears,
- false front,
- odium theologicum,
- empty,
- grotesque,
- snivel,
- Self-righteousness,
- treacherous,
- gammon,
- dishonorable,
- pretence,
- image,
- front,
- tergiversation,
- hollow,
- jesuitry,
- pretext,
- put on,
- prejudice,
- unnatural,
- grandiosity,
- Religionism,
- pious fraud,
- monkey business,
- ostentation,
- untrue,
- piousness,
- false pretension,
- intrigue,
- deceitful,
- airs,
- formalism,
- spurious,
- mendaciousness,
- false,
- disloyalty,
- feigned,
- Bam,
- pretentious,
- falseheartedness,
- flattery,
- sneak attack,
- austerity,
- piety,
- insincere,
- Precisianism.
How to use "Hypocrisy" in context?
When referring to hypocrisy, most people think of someone who hypocritically professes to have certain values, but then behaves in a way that is opposite of those values. Someone who is caught up in a cycle of self-deception is often considered to be hypocritical.
In general, hypocrisy is considered a moral failing. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "the practice of professing to have or to hold something in a particular way, when in fact one has or holds it in an different way; something that is seen as a lack of sincerity or integrity.
Paraphrases for Hypocrisy:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
insincerity.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Other Related
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Adjective
hypocritical.
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Proper noun, singular
hypocritical.
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Noun, singular or mass
duplicity, hypocrite, hypocritical, pretence, Self-righteousness.
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Adjective
Hypernym for Hypocrisy:
n.
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attribute
sanctimoniousness, smarminess, unction, oleaginousness, sanctimony, oiliness, unctuousness, fulsomeness.
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communication
crocodile tears.
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attribute
Hyponym for Hypocrisy:
n.
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attribute
hollowness, insincerity, falseness.
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communication
feigning, pretence, dissembling, pretense.
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attribute
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