hypocrite
pronunciation
How to pronounce hypocrite in British English:
UK [ˈhɪpəkrɪt]
How to pronounce hypocrite in American English:
US [ˈhɪpəˌkrɪt]
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- Noun:
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold
Word Origin
- hypocrite
- hypocrite: [13] Etymologically, a hypocrite is someone who is ‘playing a part’, merely pretending. The word comes via Old French ypocrite and late Latin hypocrita from Greek hupokritēs ‘actor, hypocrite’. This was a derivative of hupokrínein, a compound verb formed from the prefix hupo- ‘under’ and krínein ‘separate’, which originally meant literally ‘separate gradually’, and eventually passed via ‘answer’ and ‘answer one’s fellow actor on stage’ to ‘play a part’, and hence ‘pretend’.
- hypocrite (n.)
- c. 1200, ypocrite, from Old French ypocrite (12c., Modern French hypocrite), from Church Latin hypocrita, from Greek hypokrites "stage actor, pretender, dissembler," from hypokrinesthai (see hypocrisy).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Am I also a hypocrite and a bad man ?
- 2. Do you think either of these men is a hypocrite ?
- 3. You can become an idiot , or you can become a hypocrite .
- 4. Children can pick a hypocrite a mile away especially if it is their parent .
- 5. Mr romney paints mr gingrich as a hypocrite who talks about small government but has grown rich by milking the taxpayer .