hypocritical

English

Etymology

From hypocritic + -al, from ὑποκριτικός (hupokritikós), from ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I play a part on stage”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I choose”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəl/

Adjective

hypocritical (comparative more hypocritical, superlative most hypocritical)

Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite. [from mid-16th c.]

Translations

characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite

Afrikaans: skynheilig
Bulgarian: лицемерен (bg) (licemeren), двуличен (bg) (dvuličen)
Catalan: hipòcrita (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 虛偽 (zh), 虚伪 (zh) (xūwěi), 假惺惺 (zh) (jiǎxīngxīng), (morally) 偽善 (zh), 伪善 (zh) (wěishàn)
Czech: pokrytecký m
Dutch: hypocriet (nl), schijnheilig (nl)
Esperanto: hipokrita
Finnish: tekopyhä (fi)
French: hypocrite (fr)
German: heuchlerisch (de), gleisnerisch
Hebrew: צבוע‎ (he)

Hungarian: álszent (hu), képmutató (hu)
Icelandic: skinheilagur
Italian: ipocrita (it)
Maori: arerorua, ngutukau
Norwegian: hyklete, skinnhellig, tilgjort
Portuguese: hipócrita (pt)
Romanian: ipocrit (ro)
Russian: лицеме́рный (ru) (licemérnyj), ха́нжеский (ru) (xánžeskij)
Scottish Gaelic: dà-aodannach
Spanish: mocho (es)
Swedish: hycklande (sv), skenhelig (sv)

Synonyms

two-faced