Noun
The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAmerican political journalist Michael Cowan says that political hypocrisy is “the conscious use of a mask to fool the public and gain political benefits”; that is exactly what we are seeing from the APNU/AFC Government. Source: Internet
And Faludi is correct to point out the hypocrisy of people like White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, who complains about MeToo’s double standards while working for a president who has also been accused by multiple women of harassment and assault. Source: Internet
As a teenager, he denounced his abuser in his hometown mosque, noting the hypocrisy in the fact that while he was insulted for being homosexual, the person raping him was not. Source: Internet
And then there I am being a lousy citizen of Walworth County,” he said, adding that he’s sickened by his hypocrisy. Source: Internet
As with so much that surrounds the Duchess’s conduct, the hypocrisy is stunning. Source: Internet
Aware of the backlash that would ensue amid charges of hypocrisy, she bizarrely tried to disguise herself in a burqa but was caught out by paps who recognised her driver. Source: Internet