How do you pronounce hypocrite?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/.

hypocrite

/ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: hyp-ocrite
IPA: /ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/

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Meaning

noun

Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.

Example Sentences

"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward."
"[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; […]"
"Neither Mr. Meacham, who mostly ignores Jefferson’s slave ownership, nor Mr. Wiencek, who sees him as a sort of fallen angel who comes to slavery only after discovering how profitable it could be, seem willing to confront the ugly truth: the third president was a creepy, brutal hypocrite."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: *krey-, ypocrite, hypocrita, ὑποκριτής

Inflected Forms

hypocrites (plural) hypocrit (alternative)

Derived Forms

hypochristian hypocritely hypocritical superhypocrite

Phrases

act the hypocrite hypocrite commit hypocrite plant two-faced double standard

Frequently Paired Words

hypocritically superhypocritical two-faced double standard

Synonyms

flip-flopper pretender munafiq bamboozler bouncer bullshitter cheat cheater cogger cony-catcher crammer deceiver