hypocrite

C1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #9655

Meanings

1

noun
A person who pretends to have beliefs or standards that their own actions do not match.

He's a hypocrite who tells everyone to save money but spends recklessly himself.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who pretends to... phony

Word family

Forms hypocrites

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.

*krey- Proto-Indo-European ypocrite Old French hypocrita Latin ὑποκριτής Ancient Greek

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Topics

People & Society

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# hypocrite

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 9655

## Meanings
1. A person who pretends to have beliefs or standards that their own actions do not match.

## Examples
- He's a hypocrite who tells everyone to save money but spends recklessly himself.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *krey-
- Root: ypocrite
- Root: hypocrita
- Root: ὑποκριτής

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Hypocrite is 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. In present-day use, it means a person who pretends to have beliefs or standards that their own actions do not match.

## Topics
- People & Society

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