hypocritical

English

Etymology

From hypocritic + -al, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτικός (hupokritikós), from ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I play a part on stage”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I choose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəl/

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Adjective

hypocritical (comparative more hypocritical, superlative most hypocritical)

1. Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite. [from mid-16th c.]
   • 2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents‎^[1], number Summer 2019:

     [Stephen] Miller’s uncle, a neuroscientist, has been welcomed onto the public stage for his denunciations of his nephew’s immigration policies, which the elder Miller has characterized as hypocritical: the Millers’ not-so-distant Jewish ancestors were, of course, immigrants themselves.

Synonyms

• two-faced

Translations

characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite

• Afrikaans: skynheilig
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: երկերեսանի (hy) (erkeresani), երեսպաշտ (hy) (erespašt)
• Belarusian: крываду́шны (kryvadúšny)
• Bulgarian: лицемерен (bg) (licemeren), двуличен (bg) (dvuličen)
• Catalan: hipòcrita (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 偽善／伪善 (ngai⁶ sin⁶)

  Mandarin: 虛偽／虚伪 (zh) (xūwěi), 假惺惺 (zh) (jiǎxīngxīng), (morally) 偽善／伪善 (zh) (wěishàn)

• Czech: pokrytecký
• Dutch: hypocriet (nl), schijnheilig (nl)
• Esperanto: hipokrita
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tekopyhä (fi), ulkokultainen (fi)
• French: hypocrite (fr)
• Galician: hipócrita
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: heuchlerisch (de), gleisnerisch
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃 (liuts)
• Hebrew: צבוע (he)
• Hungarian: álszent (hu), képmutató (hu)
• Icelandic: skinheilagur
• Indonesian: munafik (id)
• Interlingua: hypocrita
• Italian: ipocrita (it)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: arerorua, ngutukau
• Norwegian: hyklete, skinnhellig, tilgjort
• Plautdietsch: heichlich
• Polish: obłudny (pl)
• Portuguese: hipócrita (pt)
• Romanian: ipocrit (ro)
• Russian: лицеме́рный (ru) (licemérnyj), ха́нжеский (ru) (xánžeskij), двули́чный (ru) (dvulíčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-aodannach
• Slovak: pokrytecký
• Spanish: mocho (es), hipócrita (es)
• Swedish: hycklande (sv), skenhelig (sv)
• Turkish: ikiyüzlü (tr)
• Ukrainian: лицемі́рний (lycemírnyj), криводу́шний (kryvodúšnyj)
• Yiddish: היפּאָקריטיש (hipokritish), צבֿועקיש (tsvuyakish)