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Hypocrisy is an English word with synonyms like pretense or pretence. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Hypocrisy meaning

  1. 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.
  2. The claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not really have.
  3. 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.

Synonyms of Hypocrisy

lip service pretense pretence feigning dissembling insincerity falseness hollowness

Related words

Other words often associated with Hypocrisy or its synonyms:

deception deceit misrepresentation dissimulation sincerity untruthfulness simulation pretension pretending colour fickleness semblance

Using Hypocrisy

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • Useful related words include: lip service, pretense, pretence, feigning.
  • In the example corpus, hypocrisy often appears in combinations such as: the hypocrisy, of hypocrisy, hypocrisy of.

Context around Hypocrisy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

powers 1× society 1× stark 1× obe 1× world 1× rank 1× thereby 1× sheer 1×

Often after:

rankings 1× means 1× complicit 1×

Sentence patterns with Hypocrisy

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

achievements in hypocrisy and self 1× albanese s hypocrisy and insensitivity 1× and thereby hypocrisy means canada 1× by their hypocrisy even barnabas 1× cries of hypocrisy 1× defend his hypocrisy quite frankly 1× else s hypocrisy 1× for his hypocrisy complicit in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a statement on 1× actionsa caucus leader 1× alan s obe 1× anthony albanese s 1× as achievements in 1× as the men 1×

Common sentence endings:

and cultural institutions 1× and double standards 1× anybody to leave 1× cannot be beat 1× cries of hypocrisy 1× else s hypocrisy 1×

Words around Hypocrisy

Just before it in the word index:

hypocrisies 19 hypocras 2 hypocotyl 5 hypochondriacal 6 hypochondriac 12 hypochondria 5

Just after it in the word index:

hypocrite 94 hypocrites 52 hypocritic 2 hypocritical 163 hypocritically 22 hypodermic 24

Similar in corpus frequency:

accumulate 430 augmented 430 bowie 430 bowled 430 chatting 430 cumberland 430

Corpus analysis for Hypocrisy

  • In this selection, "hypocrisy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, powers, society, stark, rankings, means and complicit stand out and add context to how "hypocrisy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include achievements in hypocrisy and self and albanese s hypocrisy and insensitivity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hypocrisy" sits close to words such as accumulate, augmented and bowie, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hypocrisy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

But this is sheer hypocrisy. (5 words)

Bass: More like, why the hypocrisy? (6 words)

As achievements in hypocrisy and self-defeat, they cannot be beat. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

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. (39 words)

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. (36 words)

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. (35 words)

Question examples

Bass: More like, why the hypocrisy? (6 words)

Example sentences (20)

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.

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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.

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Common combinations with hypocrisy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hypocrisy" in a sentence?
An example: "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." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "hypocrisy" from authentic English texts.
What does "hypocrisy" mean?
Hypocrisy means: 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.
What are synonyms of "hypocrisy"?
Common synonyms of "hypocrisy" include: lip service, pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling, insincerity, falseness, hollowness.
How many example sentences with "hypocrisy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "hypocrisy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.