How To Use Hypocrisy In A Sentence
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This helpful guide will show you how to use hypocrisy in a sentence. It will show you the definition of hypocrisy, synonyms, antonyms, and the types of connotations the word can carry.
Usage for hypocrisy
Definition: Behavior in which someone pretends to have moral standards or opinions that they do not actually have
Part(s) of speech: noun
Antonyms: Honesty, openness, trustworthiness, truth, truthfulness, forthrightness, righteousness, sincerity
Synonyms: Cant, deceit, deception, dishonesty, dissembling, duplicity, falsity, fraud, imposture, irreverence, sanctimony, phoniness
Here we can see some examples of hypocrisy used in a sentence.
- He preferred honesty to hypocrisy.
- The king ruled in hypocrisy, demanding his subjects be frugal while gorging himself on the finest things in life.
- She despised the hypocrisy of social media influencers.
- His purpose in journalism was to expose the hypocrisy of the upper class.
- The hypocrisy of his tirade was plain for all to see when he chastised those around him for drinking while ordering himself another round.
- It was hypocrisy for him to act stunned by their terrible behavior.
- He accused the news of hypocrisy in their reporting.
- When the audio tapes were made public, they betrayed his hypocrisy.
- His hypocrisy made him impossible to trust.
- Teens often complain about their parents’ hypocrisies.
- Your hypocrisy is plain for all to see.
- She couldn’t stand his judgmental hypocrisy.
- The news now condemned the prime minister for his hypocrisy.
- Their decadence, now public, betrayed their hypocrisy.
- Hypocrisy was the one thing he could not tolerate.