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I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together.
Marcus Garvey

Meaning of "hypocritical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPOCRITICAL

hypocritical  [ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPOCRITICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hypocritical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HYPOCRITICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy is the claim or pretense of holding beliefs, feelings, standards, qualities, opinions, behaviors, virtues, motivations, or other characteristics that one does not in actual fact hold. It is the practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one criticizes another. In Moral psychology, it is the failure to follow one’s own expressed moral rules and principles. Recent studies in Psychology have identified the evolutionary bases and the mental mechanisms of hypocrisy, tracing its roots to adaptations that serve contradictory functions in the human brain, and to cognitive biases and distortions that predispose humans to readily perceive and condemn faults in others, while failing to perceive and condemn faults of their own.

Definition of hypocritical in the English dictionary

The definition of hypocritical in the dictionary is pretending to have qualities, feelings or beliefs that you do not really have.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPOCRITICAL


acritical
eɪˈkrɪtɪkəl
anchoritical
ˌæŋkəˈrɪtɪkəl
critical
ˈkrɪtɪkəl
diacritical
ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪkəl
hypercritical
ˌhaɪpəˈkrɪtɪkəl
meteoritical
ˌmiːtɪəˈrɪtɪkəl
nephritical
neˈfrɪtɪkəl
noncritical
ˌnɒnˈkrɪtɪkəl
oneirocritical
əʊˌnaɪərəʊˈkrɪtɪkəl
overcritical
ˌəʊvəˈkrɪtɪkəl
pleuritical
plʊəˈrɪtɪkəl
precritical
priːˈkrɪtɪkəl
pyritical
paɪˈrɪtɪkəl
soritical
sɒˈrɪtɪkəl
subcritical
sʌbˈkrɪtɪkəl
supercritical
ˌsuːpəˈkrɪtɪkəl
sybaritical
ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪkəl
tritical
ˈtrɪtɪkəl
ultracritical
ˌʌltrəˈkrɪtɪkəl
uncritical
ʌnˈkrɪtɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPOCRITICAL

hypochondriasis
hypochondriasm
hypochondriast
hypochondrium
hypocist
hypocorism
hypocorisma
hypocoristic
hypocoristical
hypocoristically
hypocotyl
hypocotylous
hypocrisies
hypocrisy
hypocrite
hypocritic
hypocritically
hypocrystalline
hypocycloid
hypocycloidal

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPOCRITICAL

aeronautical
alphabetical
analytical
chemical
elliptical
grammatical
hypothetical
identical
mathematical
metical
mystical
nautical
optical
pharmaceutical
political
practical
skeptical
statistical
tactical
theoretical
vertical

Synonyms and antonyms of hypocritical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HYPOCRITICAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hypocritical» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hypocritical

Translation of «hypocritical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPOCRITICAL

Find out the translation of hypocritical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hypocritical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hypocritical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

虚伪的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hipócrita
570 millions of speakers

English

hypocritical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पाखंडी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النفاق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лицемерно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hipócrita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুটিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hypocrite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Munafik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heuchlerisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

偽善的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위선적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Munafik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngụy thiện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாசாங்குத்தனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दांभिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iki yüzlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ipocrita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hipokryzja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лицемірно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ipocrit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποκριτική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skynheilige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hycklande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hyklersk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hypocritical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPOCRITICAL»

The term «hypocritical» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.929 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPOCRITICAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hypocritical

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10 QUOTES WITH «HYPOCRITICAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hypocritical.
1
Diane Abbott
You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
2
Melissa Bean
And I also serve on a caucus that addresses financial literacy for young people in this country. And it is so hypocritical that we want to talk to these kids about how to better manage their money when we are not doing a good job with our Nation's resources.
3
Simon Cowell
I don't like people who are hypocritical, who pretend to be nice, particularly in show business when they're nice on camera, and then off camera they're absolutely appalling to the makeup people, or the waitress in a restaurant, you know? I don't like - I can't bear those kind of people. So I like people who are, you know, up front in your face.
4
James Cromwell
The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional.
5
Zoey Deutch
I'm being hypocritical because I have a Twitter, but I try to not talk about things like, 'Oh, I had a grapefruit this morning and it was delicious,' because, who cares?
6
Marcus Garvey
I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together.
7
Marcia Gay Harden
It's very hypocritical to constantly say, 'We want to keep our kids close,' then send them home with so much homework that family time becomes nonexistent.
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James Iha
Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.
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Barbara Jordan
We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
10
Niccolo Machiavelli
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPOCRITICAL»

Discover the use of hypocritical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hypocritical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Hypocritical Imagination: Between Kant and Levinas
This book analyzes the different interpretations major philosophers have made of the imagination. Focusing on Kant and Levinas it takes us on a dazzling tour of the philosophical imagination.
John Llewellyn, 2008
2
A Hypocritical Romance, and Other Stories
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Caroline Ticknor, 2012
3
City of Revolution: Restructuring Manchester
ROSEMARY MELLOR I know very well that this hypocritical plan is more or less common to all great cities ... I have never seen so tender a concealment of everything that might affront the eye and the nerves. (Engels 1844) THE classic ...
Jamie Peck, Kevin Ward, 2002
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Hypocrisy: Ethical Investigations
C. Complacent Hypocrisies: Past and Present Victorians The morality and attitudes of Victorian England are often condemned as intrinsically hypocritical. While we have serious reservations9 about the attribution of a collective mindset to an ...
Béla Szabados, Eldon Soifer, 2004
5
Ordinary Vices
Let. us. not. be. hypocritical. Becket The world is certainly tending toward butchery, Baron. The lesson of this battle, which cost us far too much, is that we will have to form platoons of cutthroats, that is all. Baron. And a soldier's honor, my Lord ...
Judith N. Shklar, 1984
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Advances in Experimental Social Psychology
For example, Spitzer's fight to reduce prostitution seemed like a claim that he personally opposed prostitution and that others should too, which made his own visits to prostitutes appear hypocritical. By contrast, performing well on a midterm  ...
Mark P. Zanna, James M. Olson, 2010
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A Hypocritical Romance: And Other Stories
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Anonymous, 2010
8
unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about ...
I imagine Jesus and his early followers were much more likely to be perceived as lunatics, radicals, rebels, and cultists than to be thought of as hypocritical. The hypocritical perception is most acute not when a religion is on the fringes of ...
David Kinnaman, Gabe Lyons, 2007
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Jesus' Public Relations Slogan: ... My Works Testify of Me
Such hypocritical behavior is not of God but of your father the devil. Ye want others to stand with you in your time of need, yet ye are nowhere to be found when others go through theirs; such hypocritical behavior is not of God, but of your father ...
Daniel Charles, 2008
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Society-89: The Essentials
DO. NOT. BE. HYPOCRITICAL. A major immorality that plagues society is that of hypocrisy. When the individual says that someone must act one way, he must not go and do the opposite. To do so would not only reveal that individual's ...
Jack Minnelpin, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPOCRITICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hypocritical is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lapid Says ICC is 'Anti-Semitic' and 'Hypocritical'
Yesh Atid chairman MK Yair Lapid on Thursday night described the International Criminal Court (ICC) as “anti-Semitic” and “hypocritical”, ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
2
NAACP 'hypocritical' for ignoring black genocide - OneNewsNow.com
"Right now I think the African-American community is quite hypocritical and short-sighted when it comes to being in an uproar about the ... «OneNewsNow, Jul 15»
3
Tesla Sales Still Unwelcome In Texas, Hypocritical Governor Says …
And it's hard to find a place where it gets more hypocritical than in Republican party leadership. shocked blonde. Republicans are all about the ... «CleanTechnica, Jul 15»
4
Les Miles' Stance On Johnathan Taylor Is Hypocritical - Bama Hammer
Les Miles' Stance On Johnathan Taylor Is Hypocritical. Jul 16, 2014; Hoover, AL, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Les Miles talks to the media ... «BamaHammer, Jul 15»
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Go Set A Watchman shows a mirror to our hypocritical society
Scout Finch returns, yet again to show a mirror to this hypocritical society, one which, I daresay, was much needed. Miss Scout has come back ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
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Confederate Flag & Islamic Terror -- the Left's Blatant Double …
It's this lack of nuance and distinction I find so troubling — and hypocritical. I'm no big fan of the Confederate flag, but do serious people believe ... «National Review Online, Jul 15»
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That hypocritical moment when you're grossed out by a woman's …
You know that expression, “Hey, maybe you'll surprise yourself”? People usually use it in a positive way: “Don't be worried about that ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
8
It's hypocritical for liberals to denounce Donald Trump for his …
I find it somewhat hypocritical for liberals to denounce Donald Trump for his comments regarding Mexicans when they do the same thing ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
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Communalising Bihar election: Talk of Muslim 'consolidation' is …
Communalising Bihar election: Talk of Muslim 'consolidation' is hypocritical. by Ajaz Ashraf Jul 16, 2015 10:59 IST. #bIhar #Bihar Assembly Election 2015 ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
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Lululemon employee slams the 'hypocritical' company in essay …
'It is delusional and cult-like': Lululemon employee slams the 'hypocritical' company in scathing essay and reveals horrifying details about what ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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