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hypocrite \Hyp"o*crite\, n. [F., fr. L. hypocrita, Gr. ? one who plays a part on the stage, a dissembler,
feigner. See 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. |
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