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hypocritical adjective [ ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪkl ]

• behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.
• "we don't go to church and we thought it would be hypocritical to have him christened"
Similar: sanctimonious, pious, pietistic, self-righteous, holier-than-thou, superior, insincere, specious, feigned, pretended, hollow, false, deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, untruthful, lying, dissembling, duplicitous, two-faced, Janus-faced, double-dealing, untrustworthy, phoney, pretend, Pharisaic, Pharisaical, Tartuffian, canting,
Opposite: sincere,


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