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
Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025
Lucas, Diller insists, was a sanctimonious hypocrite.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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
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Adjective
Activist Greta Thunberg is a hypocrite for refusing to watch all the footage of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025
Lucas, Diller insists, was a sanctimonious hypocrite.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypocrite
Noun
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On multiple occasions, Combs' lawyers called rape accusers 'liars,' callously dismissing this case as a 'fake trial' and a 'Me Too money grab.' ...—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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So, as at this point, is Redstone’s Paramount Global essentially calling Donald Trump a liar or simply pleading ignorance?—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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Douglass’s decision to speak on July 5, deliberately after Independence Day celebrations, symbolically underscored his argument: America’s celebration of freedom was bitterly ironic and deeply hypocritical in the context of slavery and racial oppression.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
4 July 2025
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Seems hypocritical compared with other legal vices allowed in the Land of Lincoln.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 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
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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 21 Jul. 2025.
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