hypocrisy
US: /hɪˈpɑkɹəsi/
UK: /hɪpˈɒkɹəsi/
UK: /hɪpˈɒkɹəsi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
hypocrisy /hi'pɔkrəsi/
- danh từ
- đạo đức giả
- hành động đạo đức giả, thái độ đạo đức giả
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
(plural hypocrisies) [U, C] (disapproving) behaviour in which sb pretends to have moral standards or opinions that they do not actually have: He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. + It's hypocrisy for them to pretend that they were shocked at the news.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, double-dealing, deception, chicanery, guile, quackery, charlatanism or charlatanry, falseness, fakery, falseness, lying, mendacity, Pharisaism or Phariseeism, Tartuffery, insincerity, two-facedness, sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, Colloq phoneyness or US also phoniness:
I loath hypocrisy and double standards.
Concise English dictionary
hypocrisieshɪ'pɑkrəsɪ /-'pɒk-
noun
+an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
+insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
