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hypocrite

hyp·o·crite [ híppə krìt ] (plural hyp·o·crites)


noun 
Definition:
 
somebody feigning high principles: somebody who pretends to have admirable principles, beliefs, or feelings but behaves otherwise

[12th century. Via Old French ypocrite< Greek hupokritēs "actor, pretender" < hupokrinesthai (see hypocrisy)]
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