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# hypocrite, hypocrisy
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## Definition
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A hypocrite is a person who claims to be more righteous than he really is. Hypocrisy is the act of being a hypocrite.
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* Hypocrites want to be seen doing good things so that people will think that they are good people.
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* Often a hypocrite will criticize other people for doing the same sinful things that they themselves do.
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* Jesus called the Pharisees hypocrites because they did religious things like wearing certain clothes and eating certain foods, but they were not kind or fair to people.
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* A hypocrite points out faults in other people, but doesn't admit his own faults.
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## Translation Suggestions
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* Some languages have an idiom like "two-faced" that refers to a hypocrite or a hypocrite's actions.
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* Other ways to translate "hypocrite" could include, "fraud" or "pretender" or "arrogant, deceitful person."
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* The term "hypocrisy" could be translated by, "deception" or "fake actions" or "pretending."
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