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Hypocrisy See also Pretension. Alceste judged most social behavior as hypocritical. [Fr. Lit.: Le Misanthrope] self-righteous abbot of the Capuchins at Madrid. [Br. Lit.: Ambrosio, or The Monk] externally austere but inwardly violent. [Br. Lit.: Measure for Measure] enchanter, disguised as hermit, wins confidence of Knight. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene] false prude. [Fr. Lit.: The Misanthrope] trusted domestic; betrays those he serves. [Fr. Lit.: Atar Gul, Walsh Modern, 32] 12th-century French order regarded as hypocritical. [Fr. Hist.: Espy, 99] Allworthy’s nephew; talebearer and consummate pietist. [Br. Lit.: Tom Jones] (1628–1680) false in honor and religion. [Br. Lit.: Peveril of the Peak, Walsh Modern, 61] Emma’s lover pretends repentance to avoid commitment. [Fr. Lit.: Madame Bovary] religious charlatan. [Am. Lit.: Undiscovered Country] insincere speeches made solely to please this constituency by its representative, 1819–1821. [Am. Usage: Misc.] ridicules people when absent; flatters them when present. [Fr. Lit.: Le Misanthrope] lives luxuriously by religious cant. [Br. Lit.: The Hypocrite, Brewer Handbook, 175] pharisaic preacher; thinks he’s edifying his hearers. [Br. Lit.: Bleak House]
conspirator; false to everyone. [Br. Lit.: Peveril of the Peak, Walsh Modern, 96] crocodile said to weep after devouring prey. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 383; Mercatante, 9–10] acted the humble minister for seven years while former amour suffered. [Am. Lit.: The Scarlet Letter] pretend piety on Sabbath but demand dinner. [Br. Lit.: Nicholas Nickleby] ranting preacher succumbs to alcohol, fornication, theft, and cowardice. [Am. Lit.: Elmer Gantry] humble manner masks sly, shirking character. [Br. Lit.: Barnaby Rudge] to inherit their father’s possessions they falsely profess great love for him. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare King Lear] gentleman with adults, troublemaker behind their backs. [TV: “Leave it to Beaver” in Terrace, II, 18–19] the essence of insincerity. [Br. Lit.: David Copperfield] his philanthropy hid animosity. [Br. Lit.: Edwin Drood] self-righteous pastor agrees to blackmail. [Nor. Lit.: Ghosts] a “most vile” hedge-priest. [Br. Lit.: As You Like It] sanctimonious preacher. [Br. Lit.: The Hypocrite, Brewer Handbook, 687] embraces religion when it is easy to practice and to his advantage. [Br. Lit.: Bunyan Pilgrim’s Progress] official speech of Oceania; language of contradictions. [Br. Lit.: 1984] pretentious, unforgiving architect of double standards. [Br. Lit.: Martin Chuzzlewit] sanctimonious lawgivers do not practise what they preach. [N.T.: Matthew 3:7; 23:1–15; Luke 18:9–14] false fronts constructed to deceive. [Russ. Hist.: Espy, 339] sanctimonious and pretentious person (Fr. n’y touche). [Fr. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 760] sanctimonious hypocrite; placed stepsons in Dotheboys Hall. [Br. Lit.: Nicholas Nickleby]
Tom’s tutor; spouts hypocritically about the beauty of virtue. [Br. Lit.: Tom Jones] pays lip service to high principles while engaging in treacherous intrigues. [Br. Drama: Sheridan The School for Scandal] swindles benefactor by pretending religious piety. [Fr. Lit.: Tartuffe] changes religious affiliation to suit reigning monarch. [Br. Folklore: Walsh Classical, 61] wept in sympathy for the oysters he and the Carpenter devoured. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass] nickname for hypocritical Tom Gradgrind. [Br. Lit.: Hard Times] analogy in Jesus’s denunciation of Pharisees’ sanctimony. [N.T.: Matthew 23:27] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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