hypocrite
\Hyp"o*crite\, n. [F., fr. L. hypocrita, Gr. ? one who plays a part on the
stage, a dissembler, feigner. See
<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hypocrisy> Hypocrisy.] One who
plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of
favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better
than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue
or piety.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish. --Job viii. 13.
I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart. --Shak.
Syn: Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See
<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dissembler> Dissembler.
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
hypocrite
n : a person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold [syn:
<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dissembler> dissembler,
<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=phony> phony,
<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=phoney> phoney]
<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=00-database-info&db=wn> Source:
WordNet R 1.6, C 1997 Princeton University
hypocrite
one who puts on a mask and feigns himself to be what he is not; a dissembler
in
religion. Our Lord severely rebuked the scribes and Pharisees for their
hypocrisy (Matt. 6:2, 5, 16). "The hypocrite's hope shall perish" (Job
8:13).
The Hebrew word here rendered "hypocrite" rather means the "godless" or
"profane," as it is rendered in Jer. 23:11, i.e., polluted with crimes.
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