hypocrisie
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]hypocrisie (plural hypocrisies)
Dutch
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch ypokrosie, itself directly from Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, “acting on the stage, pretense”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hypocrisie f (plural hypocrisieën, diminutive hypocrisietje n)
- the fake quality hypocrisy (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess)
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French ypocrisye, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, “acting on the stage, pretense”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (mute h) IPA(key): /i.pɔ.kʁi.zi/
- Homophone: hypocrisies
Noun
[edit]hypocrisie f (plural hypocrisies)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hypocrisie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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