Word Meanings - HYPOCRISY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or

Additional info about word: HYPOCRISY

The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness. Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy. Rambler. Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. La Rochefoucauld (Trans. (more info) OF. hypocrisie, ypocrisie, F. hypocrisie, L. hypocrisis, fr. Gr.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HYPOCRISY)

• Affectation
• Pretence
• artifice
• hypocrisy
• assumption
• simulation
• mannerism
• euphuism
• airs
• Guile
• Craft
• treachery
• deceit
• cunning
• insidiousness
• fraud
• trickery
• Mask
• Pretext
• screen
• pretence
• ruse
• cover

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of HYPOCRISY)

• Expose
• reveal
• betray
• exhibit
• produce
• mis-suffice
• Open
• expose
• surrender
• aggravate
• exaggerate
• prosecute

Related words: (words related to HYPOCRISY)

• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• CRAFTY
  1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. "Crafty work." Piers Plowman. 2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. A noble crafty man of trees. Wyclif. 3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
• SCREENINGS
  The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
• ARTIFICER
  A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. Syn. -- Artisan; artist. See Artisan. (more info) 1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• AFFECTATIONIST
  One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall.
• EXHIBITIONER
  One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• COVERLET
  The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
• CUNNINGNESS
  Quality of being cunning; craft.
• PRODUCEMENT
  Production.
• COVERCLE
  A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
• HYPOCRISY
  The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or
• TRICKERY
  The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
• EXPOSEDNESS
  The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
• CRAFTER
  a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman.
• DECEITFUL
  Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere. Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. Shak.
• BETRAYAL
  The act or the result of betraying.
• EXPOSE
  1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection. Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them
• COVERT BARON
  Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.
• KINGCRAFT
  The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy. Prescott.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• UNBEGUILE
  To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive. "Then unbeguile thyself." Donne.
• DEFRAUD
  To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing
• ASSIMULATION
  Assimilation. Bacon.
• WITCRAFT
  1. Art or skill of the mind; contrivance; invention; wit. Camden. 2. The art of reasoning; logic.