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Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy meaning
The contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs; hence in general sense, dissimulation, pretence, sham. | The claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not really have. | The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.
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It provides other nations with the balm of calling out US hypocrisy in the misuse of its powers, hypocrisy which is often measured in the distance between American soft power rhetoric and hard power actions.
Remember folks, in a sick society, hypocrisy is only a problem when it conflicts with somebody else's hypocrisy.
The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
ActionSA caucus leader Funzi Ngobeni slammed the move calling it “stark hypocrisy”.
Alan's OBE hypocrisy is on a par with Professor David Olusoga.
And, over the past few days, we have seen his ascent to the top of the world hypocrisy rankings.
And we're not supposed to point out the hypocrisy because otherwise your delicate butt hairs will get twisted.
Anthony Albanese’s hypocrisy and insensitivity will be reflected in an acceleration of No votes in the referendum.
As achievements in hypocrisy and self-defeat, they cannot be beat.
Ascherson’s Edinburgh is a city in the grip of multiple elites – church, law, academia and a newly buoyant banking sector – without a common purpose, creating ‘a humus for hypocrisy’.
A statement on the Art Workers for Palestine Scotland Instagram page said it acted to “protest the silence and hypocrisy of the vast majority of Scotland’s arts and cultural institutions”.
As the men raise their voices and pound their fists, Barbe simply stands with a small smile to say her peace, call out their hypocrisy, and never back down.
As usual there is a surfeit of Western double-think to go along with rank hypocrisy.
Attempting to defend his hypocrisy, : “Quite frankly, we haven’t told anybody to leave.
Avoiding this double standard and thereby hypocrisy means Canada, however much it has become accustomed to satisfying the interests of Israel, means turning Bennett away.
Bass: More like, why the hypocrisy?
But he wanted more and, in the end, so did PGA commissioner Jay Monahan, who is rightly being raked over the coals for his hypocrisy, complicit in the same sportswashing grift he denounced with righteous fervor only months earlier.
But Israel’s counterattack on Gaza, its threats to mount a ground invasion and America’s tight embrace of its most important Mideast ally, regardless, have prompted cries of hypocrisy.
But many other governments, while appropriately refusing to support Washington’s sanctions and dangerous escalation of this terrible war, are reluctant even to denounce the Russian invasion, because they resent U.S. hypocrisy and double standards.
But this is sheer hypocrisy.