hypocrite /ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/noun 1forms 1phrases 1 noun1 •Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.[S]he was one of your soft spoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jesuitical art, could wrest evil out of the most inoffensive thought, word, look or action; […] — 1765 formshypocrites Phrases with hypocrite act the hypocriteTo behave deceitfully or hypocritically; to dissemble.
