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hypocrisy
/hɪˈpɒkrɪsi/
noun
mass noun
The practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French ypocrisie, via ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek hupokrisis ‘acting of a theatrical part’, from hupokrinesthai ‘play a part, pretend’, from hupo ‘under’ + krinein ‘decide, judge’.
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I generally avoid hypocrisy by lowering my standards every day.
