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Meanings of hypocrisy in English

Portuguese
hipocrisia
Catalan
hipocresia

An expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction.

hipocrisia
Russian
лицемерие
Portuguese
hipócrita
Spanish
hipocresia
Catalan
hipocresia

Pretense of virtue; failure to follow one’s own expressed moral principles.

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лицемерие
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Examples for "lip service"
Examples for "lip service"
1
The resolution of the problem requires more than lip service, he added.
The Irish Times
2
Too often in the past, lip service was paid to consumer interests.
The Irish Times
3
Paying lip service to the concept isn't enough to make it work.
The Irish Times
4
All we have, after 50 years, is lip service to human rights.
The Irish Times
5
Quote: Live the lifestyle instead of paying lip service to the lifestyle.
Climbing Magazine
Usage of hypocrisy in English
1
The hypocrisy of the State on this issue is unacceptable but unsurprising.
The Irish Times
2
Madam, - The hypocrisy surrounding our relationship with animals is deeply embedded.
The Irish Times
3
Where I come from, it is given the name of dangerous hypocrisy.
The Irish Times
4
Equally however, we need less of the hypocrisy evident in his article.
The Irish Times
5
Or have we to continue listening to more and more political hypocrisy?
The Irish Times
6
In fact, some Broadway insiders bristled at the hypocrisy of the situation.
News.com.au
7
The State and Catholic institutions have been complicit in incentivising religious hypocrisy.
The Irish Times
8
Free of everything but the risk of getting caught, and the hypocrisy.
Wired
9
There needs to be an end to hypocrisy and inconsistency, he said.
The Guardian
10
Do not attempt hypocrisy; he will see through it in an instant.
Tomlinsoniana
11
Yet the euro survives, despite this hypocrisy or maybe because of it.
Reuters
12
That was real charity; that boy had no hypocrisy in his heart.
Evening Round-Up / More Good Stuff Like Pep
13
But the lack of consistency in this debate risks looking like hypocrisy.
The Guardian
14
The Labour spokesperson for Primary Industries is accusing Federated Farmers of hypocrisy.
Radio NZ
15
The grounds of the verdict bear the impress of a tyrannical hypocrisy.
A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
16
Did it start with the Enlightenment and its focus on religious hypocrisy?
The Irish Times
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Catalan
hipocresia
Hypocrisy through the time
Hypocrisy across language varieties
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