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hypocrisy 音标拼音: [hɪp'ɑkrəsi] n. 伪善 伪善 hypocrisy n 1: an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction [ synonym: { hypocrisy}, { lip service}] 2: insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really haveHypocrisy \ Hy* poc" ri* sy\ ( h[ i^]* p[ o^] k" r[ i^]* s[ y^]), n.; pl. { Hypocrisies} (- s[ i^] z). [ OE. hypocrisie, ypocrisie, OF. hypocrisie, ypocrisie, F. hypocrisie, L. hypocrisis, fr. Gr. " ypo` krisis the playing a part on the stage, simulation, outward show, fr. " ypokr` nesqai to answer on the stage, to play a part; " ypo` under kri` nein to decide; in the middle voice, to dispute, contend. See { Hypo-}, and { Critic}.] The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one' s real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness. [ 1913 Webster] Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy. -- Rambler. [ 1913 Webster] Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. -- La Rochefoucauld ( Trans. ). [ 1913 Webster] 90 Moby Thesaurus words for " hypocrisy": Pecksniffery, Pharisaism, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, artfulness, artificiality, cant, casuistry, charlatanism, charlatanry, chicanery, craft, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, double- dealing, duplicity, empty gesture, facade, fakery, false front, false piety, false show, falseheartedness, falseness, feigned belief, front, furtiveness, glibness, goody- goodiness, guile, humbug, hypocriticalness, image, indirection, insidiousness, insincerity, lip service, lying, mannerism, mealymouthedness, mendacity, mere show, mouthing, mummery, oiliness, ostentatious devotion, pecksniffery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, pietism, pietisticalness, piety, piousness, pretense, pretension, prunes and prisms, public image, put- on, putting on airs, quackery, religionism, religiosity, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, self- righteousness, sham, shiftiness, show, sneak attack, sneakiness, snivel, snuffle, snuffling, soft soap, stylishness, surreptitiousness, sweet talk, tokenism, treacherousness, two- facedness, unction, unctuousness, underhandedness, unnaturalness
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