Hypocrisy and Lie

Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy noun - The pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have.

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Lie and hypocrisy are semantically related. in deceitfulness topic. In some cases you can use "Lie" instead a noun "Hypocrisy".

Nearby Words: hypocritical, hypocrite

Lie noun - A statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive.

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Hypocrisy and lie are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hypocrisy" instead a noun "Lie".

Nearby Word: lied

human	human hypocrisy	human lie
utter	utter hypocrisy	utter lie
standard	standard hypocrisy	standard lie
true	true hypocrisy	true lie
Other adjectives: obvious, blatant, simple, massive, downright, sad, deliberate, possible.

Yet before he dies, he gets his revenge by revealing the hypocrisy of the clan before every retainer at court that day, forcing them to lie and forsake any pretense of valuing honor above all or risk losing Tokugawa support and winding up on the streets like the Ronin they view with such contempt.

Source: Film / Harakiri
His increasingly rash decisions and degeneration into hypocrisy towards the end of R2 (including backstabbing Lelouch based on Villains Never Lie and functionally surrendering the entire world to Britannia in an under-the-table deal to free Japan) quickly plummeted him to Scrappy status.

Source: The Scrappy / Anime and Manga

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