Meaning & use
hypocrisy
The act of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs that one's own behavior does not match.
See it in a sentence
Critics accused the senator of hypocrisy after he broke the very law he had championed.
There's a certain hypocrisy in telling children not to lie while lying yourself.
A note on using this word
Hypocrisy specifically involves a gap between stated values and actual behavior, not just dishonesty in general.
Words with a similar meaning
insinceritydouble standard
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Words with an opposite meaning
sincerityhonesty
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