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| hyp·o·crite [ híppə krìt ] (plural hyp·o·crites) |
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| Definition: |
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somebody feigning high principles: somebody who pretends to have admirable principles, beliefs, or feelings but behaves otherwise
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| [12th century. Via Old French ypocrite< Greek hupokritēs "actor, pretender" < hupokrinesthai (see hypocrisy)] |
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