Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy noun - The pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have.
Usage example: the hypocrisy of people who claim to care about the environment but ride around in gas-guzzlers
Perfidy and hypocrisy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perfidy" instead a noun "Hypocrisy".
Nearby Words: hypocritical, hypocrite
Perfidy
Perfidy noun - Lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife.
Hypocrisy and perfidy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hypocrisy" instead a noun "Perfidy".
Nearby Words: perfidious, perfidiously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- falsehood and hypocrisy
- falsehood and perfidy
- deception and hypocrisy
- deception and perfidy
- double-dealing and hypocrisy
- double-dealing and perfidy
- fraud and hypocrisy
- fraud and perfidy
- dishonesty and hypocrisy
- dishonesty and perfidy
- trickery and hypocrisy
- trickery and perfidy
- dissimulation and hypocrisy
- dissimulation and perfidy
How words are described
| general | general hypocrisy | general perfidy |
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