1. The claim or pretense of having certain beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviors, virtues, motivations, etc. which a person does not actually have: Steve said he was a vegetarian, thinking it was morally wrong to kill animals, but what he said was pure hypocrisy because he wore leather shoes and jackets!
2. The practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one criticizes another person to have: All the dentist said was empty talk or hypocrisy saying that smoking was very bad for the teeth, but he was a chain smoker himself! © ALL rights are reserved.
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