Meaning & use
hypocritical
Claiming to hold certain moral standards or beliefs while behaving in a way that contradicts them.
See it in a sentence
It felt hypocritical of him to criticize littering while tossing his own trash on the ground.
Critics called the policy hypocritical, since the company ignored the very rules it promoted.
A note on using this word
Hypocritical describes a mismatch between stated principles and actual conduct, not simple dishonesty.
Words with a similar meaning
insinceretwo-faced
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Words with an opposite meaning
genuinesincere
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