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Definition of Hipocrite

Hyp"o*crite (?), n. [F., fr. L. hypocrita, Gr. &?; one who plays a part on the stage, a dissembler, feigner. See Hypocrisy.] One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.

The hypocrite's hope shall perish.
Job viii. 13.

I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart.
Shak.

Syn. -- Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See Dissembler.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect
secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

  • someone who practices hypocrisy
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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