as in liar
a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated opinions
Our coach is such a hypocrite. He demands that we maintain a healthy diet but seems to be always eating fast-food after practice.
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Recent Examples of hypocrite
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
Sardonic in tone—its moralists are hypocrites, the church oppressive, and only the rebels are appealing—the book still plays it safe: slavery is all but absent from this version of Hannibal.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Earlier this year, Trump’s top enforcer on border issues, Tom Homan, suggested the Pope was a hypocrite.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Vandalizing the State Republican Party's property with disgusting Nazi symbols while screaming about 'fascism' reveals these individuals are hypocrites, idiots, or both.
—Ewan Palmer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Matar spoke briefly at his sentencing hearing, calling Rushdie a hypocrite and a bully.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
Sardonic in tone—its moralists are hypocrites, the church oppressive, and only the rebels are appealing—the book still plays it safe: slavery is all but absent from this version of Hannibal.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Earlier this year, Trump’s top enforcer on border issues, Tom Homan, suggested the Pope was a hypocrite.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Vandalizing the State Republican Party's property with disgusting Nazi symbols while screaming about 'fascism' reveals these individuals are hypocrites, idiots, or both.
—Ewan Palmer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypocrite
Noun
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The employees who went on strike were lazy, irresponsible liars, Nicole wrote.—
John McDermott,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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Thus, Penny took him in a helicopter off-island to a hospital, and Carrie and Bess followed on the ferry, leaving only the four liars there alone since their little siblings are off at summer camp.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Now, instead of being a source of national pride, many elite universities have become a source of national division, with some Americans viewing them as decadent, hypocritical or even hostile to their values.—
Allison Schrager,
Twin Cities,
3 June 2025
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The true villain is Herod, who, in his hypocritical mixture of slobbering lust and grandstanding moralism, is a model man of power.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Democrats doubled down on issues that didn’t resonate with male voters and the tactics often used were corny, insincere and offensive.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
2 June 2025
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That’s not to say the film’s focus on the magic and mysteries male companionship is insincere.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Caricatured by Honoré Daumier and his lesser followers always as a mountebank, a charlatan, a circus clown, Louis Napoleon could normalize the extent of his outrages by the seeming harmlessness of his absurdities.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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Where to watch Saw: Amazon Prime Video (to rent) 03 of 10 Saw X (2023) John Kramer ventures to Mexico for an experimental cancer treatment administered by money-hungry charlatans in this slick but not particularly inventive revival sequel, which takes place between the events of Saw and Saw II.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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“Hypocrite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocrite. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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