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the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have
- the hypocrisy of people who claim to care about the environment but ride around in gas-guzzlers
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“Hypocrisy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocrisy. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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