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
Martin Padgett
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
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
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Adjective
As far as the law was concerned, Bowers was a hypocrite.
—Martin Padgett
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypocrite
Noun
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The Trump administration should not credit a word Maxwell says, as the government itself sought charges against Maxwell for being a serial liar.—
Julia Bonavita , David Spunt,
FOXNews.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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So, for many in the conservative Twitterverse, one-time heroes Bondi, Patel and Bongino are now sellouts and liars.—
Debra J. Saunders,
Oc Register,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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First of all, Donna, the Democrats are absolutely hypocritical here.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 July 2025
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, who will be my next guest, has accused you of being hypocritical for pushing for the release of these files now and not when former President Biden was in office.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
27 July 2025
Adjective
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The movie does not earn the right for such an insincere have-your-I-Heart-the-’90s-cake-and-eat-it-too gesture.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 July 2025
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King’s typical approach to the genre — gifted protagonists facing off against chilly government entities or insincere spiritual forces within a horror context — has fallen out of vogue in favor of comparable superhero origin stories with elevated skills and stakes.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
Noun
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The gloomiest of the adverse reactions is that charlatans will insidiously attempt to convince others that AGI is indeed supernatural.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
21 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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“Hypocrite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocrite. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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