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hypocrite

hy·poc·rite

UK/ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/ US/ˈhɪpʌˌkrɪt/ fairly common

noun

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a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

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From Old French ypocrite (Modern French hypocrite), from Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “to answer, act, feign”). Displaced native Old English līċettere.

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