How do you use the word "hypocrisy" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "hypocrisy" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "hypocrisy": Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue. We tend to associate politicians with hypocrisy.

Hypocrisy Meaning

/hɪˈpɒkɹəsi/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs; hence in general sense, dissimulation, pretence, sham.

nounThe claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not really have.

Sentence Examples

Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.

We tend to associate politicians with hypocrisy.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The politician criticized others for corruption, but his own actions showed great ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The politician was often accused of ____ for not following the very rules he helped create.

Word Origin & History

From hypo- + Ancient Greek κρί(σις) (krí(sis)) + -isy. From Middle English ipocrisie, from Old French ypocrisie, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, “answer, stage acting, pretense”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I answer (a fellow actor on stage), play a part, dissemble, feign”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under, equivalent of the modern "hypo-" prefix”) + the middle voice of κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, judge, decide”) + -isy. Displaced native Old English līċettung.

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