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hypocrite (n.)

c. 1200, ypocrite, "false pretender to virtue or religion," from Old French ypocrite (12c., Modern French hypocrite), from Church Latin hypocrita "a hypocrite," from Greek hypokritēs "stage actor; pretender, dissembler," from hypokrinesthai (see hypocrisy).

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Definitions of hypocrite from WordNet

hypocrite (n.)
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives;
Synonyms: dissembler / dissimulator / phony / phoney / pretender
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