Definition of Hypocritical

Hypocritical

Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical action.

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Action, As, Hypocrisy, Hypocrite, Hypocritical, Look, Of, Or, Pertaining, To

Hypocritical Quotations

Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
Niccolo Machiavelli

I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together.
Marcus Garvey

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
Frank Lloyd Wright

Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
Jean Kerr

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
Barbara Jordan

And I also serve on a caucus that addresses financial literacy for young people in this country. And it is so hypocritical that we want to talk to these kids about how to better manage their money when we are not doing a good job with our Nation's resources.
Melissa Bean

I hate it when people use sex as a weapon against the people who are engaging in it. It's so hypocritical.
Mira Sorvino

Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.
James Iha

Yeah, right. I mean, he criticises everybody in the media, then the first thing he does when he finishes is he goes to work for the media. Thompson, too. Hypocritical.
Ian St. John

I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.
Ian McDiarmid

The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional.
James Cromwell

You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
Diane Abbott

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Hypocritical Translations

hypocritical in Dutch is gehuicheld, geveinsd, huichelachtig
hypocritical in German is heuchlerisch
hypocritical in Swedish is hycklande, skenhelig

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