One who falsely professes to be virtuously or religiously inclined; one who pretends to have feelings or beliefs of a higher order than his real…
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [noun] > a hypocrite (17) hypocrite?c1225 One who falsely professes to be virtuously or religiously inclined; one who pretends to have feelings or beliefs of a higher order than his real… dissimuler1386 = dissembler, n. whited (painted) sepulchre1388 whited (†painted) sepulchre: in biblical language, used figuratively for a hypocrite, or one whose fair outward semblance conceals inward corruption. dissimulator?a1513 One who dissimulates or feigns; a dissembler. dissembler1526 One who dissembles; one who conceals his real purposes under a false appearance; one who practises duplicity; a deceiver, hypocrite. cafard1539 A hypocrite, an impostor. Obsolete. Tartuffe1688 A hypocritical pretender to religion, or, by extension, to excellence of any kind. hypocritic1818 = hypocrite, n. Pecksniff1844 An unctuous hypocrite, a person who affects benevolence or pretends to have high moral principles; (also) a person who interferes officiously in the… possum1846 slang (usually derogatory). U.S. A dissembler, a hypocrite; a devious or crafty person. Cf. to play (also †act) possum at phrases 3. slape-face1847 attributive and in other combinations, as slape-faced, slape-fingered, slape-haired, etc.; slape-face n. (see quot. 1847); also, a smooth-faced man. double-face1892 (ˈdouble-face), A double-faced person, a hypocrite. Subcategories:— female (1) — pretending sanctity (3) — in sorrow (1) |
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