Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hypocrite"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Hypocrite
one who puts on a mask and feigns himself to be what he is not;
a dissembler in religion. Our Lord severely rebuked the scribes
and Pharisees for their hypocrisy (Matt. 6:2, 5, 16). "The
hypocrite's hope shall perish" (Job 8:13). The Hebrew word here
rendered "hypocrite" rather means the "godless" or "profane," as
it is rendered in Jer. 23:11, i.e., polluted with crimes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hypocrite \Hyp"o*crite\, n. [F., fr. L. hypocrita, Gr. ? one who
plays a part on the stage, a dissembler, feigner. See
{Hypocrisy}.]
One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of
winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming;
one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false
pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or
piety.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish. --Job viii.
13.
I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his
heart. --Shak.
Syn: Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See {Dissembler}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hypocrite
n : a person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not
hold [syn: {dissembler}, {phony}, {phoney}, {pretender}]
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