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HYPOCRISY

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 207 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HYPOCRISY , pretence, or false See also:

assumption of a high See also:character, especially in regard to religious belief or practice. The See also:Greek inrolcpw'cs, from which the word is derived through the Old See also:French, meant primarily the acting of a See also:part on the See also:stage, from inro+cpiveiOac, to give an See also:answer, to speak See also:dialogue, See also:play a part on the stage, hence to practice dissimulation.

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