Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.
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Hypocrisy
//hɪˈpɑkɹəsi//
Synonyms for "hypocrisy" (97 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (48)
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7 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesat location
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
Translations
112 translations across 59 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- skynheiligheid noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐕌𐔰𐕙𐕕𐔴𐕀𐔶 noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Albanian
2 entries- hipokrizi noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- shtirësi noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Arabic
2 entries- رِيَاء noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- نِفَاق noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Armenian
1 entries- երեսպաշտություն noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- ikiüzlülük noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- riya noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- riyakarlıq noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Belarusian
1 entries- крываду́шнасць noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Bulgarian
2 entries- двуличие noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- лицемерие noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Catalan
1 entries- hipocresia noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- دووڕوویی noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 假惺惺 noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- 偽善 /伪善 noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- 虛偽 /虚伪 noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Cornish
1 entries- fayntys noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Czech
3 entries- licoměrnost noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- pokrytectví noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- přetvářka noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Danish
1 entries- hykleri noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Dutch
3 entries- huichelarij noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- hypocrisie noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- schijnheiligheid noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Esperanto
3 entries- hipokritaĵo noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- hipokriteco noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- hipokrito noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Finnish
2 entries- tekopyhyys noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- ulkokultaisuus noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
French
4 entries- faux-culterie noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- hypocrisie noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- tartuferie noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- tartufferie noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Galician
2 entries- dobre moral noun (applying criticism to others that one does not apply equally to oneself)
- hipocrisía noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Georgian
4 entries- თვალთმაქცობა noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- ორპირობა noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- პირმოთნეობა noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- ფარისევლობა noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
German
4 entries- Doppelmoral noun (applying criticism to others that one does not apply equally to oneself)
- Heuchelei noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- Hypokrisie noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- Scheinheiligkeit noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Greek
1 entries- υποκρισία noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Hebrew
1 entries- צביעות \ צְבִיעוּת noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Hindi
2 entries- ढोंग noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- पाखंड noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Hungarian
3 entries- képmutatás noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- képmutatás noun (applying criticism to others that one does not apply equally to oneself)
- álszentség noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Icelandic
3 entries- hræsni noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- uppgerð noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- yfirdrepsskapur noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Indonesian
1 entries- kemunafikan noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Irish
2 entries- bréagchrábhadh noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- fimínteacht noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Italian
1 entries- ipocrisia noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Japanese
1 entries- 偽善 noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Kazakh
1 entries- екіжүзділік noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Korean
1 entries- 위선 noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- эки жүздүүлүк noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Macedonian
1 entries- лицемерие noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Manx
1 entries- craueeaght-oalsey noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- durûtî noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- hykleri noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- hykling noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- skinnhellighet noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- hyklarskap noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- hykleri noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- hykling noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Occitan
1 entries- ipocrisia noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- лицемѣриѥ noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Old English
1 entries- līċettung noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Persian
1 entries- دورویی noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Polish
1 entries- hipokryzja noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Portuguese
1 entries- hipocrisia noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Romanian
1 entries- ipocrizie noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Russian
3 entries- двули́чие noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- лицеме́рие noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- ха́нжество noun (applying criticism to others that one does not apply equally to oneself)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- breug-chràbhadh noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- fuar-chràbhadh noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- hiopocrasaidh noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dvoličje noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- dvoličnost noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- himba noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- hipokrizija noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Slovak
2 entries- pokrytectvo noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- pretvárka noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Slovene
3 entries- dvoličnost noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- licemerje noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- licemerstvo noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Spanish
1 entries- hipocresía noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Swedish
2 entries- dubbelmoral noun (applying criticism to others that one does not apply equally to oneself)
- hyckleri noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Tagalog
2 entries- katalipandasan noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- patumapat noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Tajik
1 entries- риёкорона noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Turkish
1 entries- ikiyüzlülük noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Ukrainian
2 entries- дволи́чність noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- лицемі́рство noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Uzbek
1 entries- ikkiyuzlamachilik noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Vietnamese
2 entries- giả hình noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
- đạo đức giả noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Welsh
1 entries- rhagrith noun (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
We tend to associate politicians with hypocrisy.
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They dismissed his criticism as hypocrisy.
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What makes it so plausible to assume that hypocrisy is the vice of vices is that integrity can indeed exist under the cover of all other vices except this one. Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.
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