hypocriticaladj.
/hɪpəʊˈkrɪtɪkəl/ Of actions: Of the nature of, characterized by, hypocrisy. Of persons: Addicted to hypocrisy, having the character of hypocrites.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective]
pope-holya1387
Pharisaical1527
as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530
hypocritish1531
hypocritic1540
hypocritely1541
hypocritical1553
horse-holy?1589
sanctified1604
Pharisee-like1611
sanctimoniousa1616
Pharisaica1618
lip-holy1624
Bible-bearing1625
canting1663
unctuous1742
pietistical1753
pietical1782
goody-goody1785
goody1808
Sunday school1817
Pecksniffian1844
goodyish1848
goody-good1851
devil-dodging?1861
pietic1865
mawwormish1883
pietistic1884
mawwormy1885
pi1891
pietose1893
holier-than-thou1912
antimacassar1913
holy1958
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adjective]
whiteda1225
hypocritec1380
papelarda1500
dissimuling?1518
dissembling1526
Pharisaical1527
hypocritish1531
masking1538
hypocritic1540
hypocritely1541
hypocritical1553
mimic1591
transom-eyed1601
tonguey1612
sanctimoniousa1616
Pharisaica1618
crocodilian1632
hypocrital1658
canting1663
double-minded1727
Tartufish1768
dissimulating1794
dissimulative1802
sawneying1808
sham-Abra(ha)m1828
Tartuffian1872
Pecksniffian1874
mawwormish1883
Chadbandian1908
1553 R. Horne tr. J. Calvin Certaine Homilies i. sig. E As towching yt same hypocriticall supper [etc.].
1592 T. Tymme Plaine Discouerie Ten Eng. Lepers E ij The intention..is not good, but rather they doe it to an hypocriticall ende.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 524 They are exceedingly subtill, hypocriticall and double-dealing.
1790 J. B. Moreton Manners & Customs West India Islands 177 Numbers are daily ruined by such hypocritical villians [sharpers].
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xiii. 201 Useless formalism! which lets through..the hypocritical.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 480 These are surely no mere formal or hypocritical professions.
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