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