ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsHhypocrisy
ISEE/SSAThard
hypocrisy
Meaning: the act of claiming to have beliefs or standards one does not truly follow
hypocrisy in a sentence
How hypocrisy is used in real sentences:
Critics pointed out the hypocrisy of a company that pollutes rivers while advertising itself as eco-friendly.
Fans criticized the coach's hypocrisy when he punished players for being late while arriving to practice an hour behind schedule himself.
“Rusk called the archival record mendacious, though Mara noticed the hypocrisy of his appeal to tradition; he had bulldozed her family's stone walls only last spring.”
— from the passage The Marker on the Slope
“Its erudite manifestos cited ancient kilns and modern philosophy, yet rivals charged the school with hypocrisy because members who praised simplicity privately sold ornate commissions.”
— from the passage Clay and Conviction
Synonyms for hypocrisy
Other words for hypocrisy — insincerity, duplicity and pretense — carry the same meaning.
- insincerity
- duplicity
- pretense
Antonyms of hypocrisy
Words that mean the opposite of hypocrisy:
- sincerity
- honesty
Where it comes from
From Greek hypokrisis 'acting, pretense'
Memory hook
HYPO-CRISY — like a HYPOCRITE wearing a mask that hides their true actions.