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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
hypocrite
    n 1: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she
         does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings
         or motives [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator,
         phony, phoney, pretender]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

         The hypocrite's hope shall perish.       --Job viii.
                                                  13.
   [1913 Webster]

         I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his
         heart.                                   --Shak.

   Syn: Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See Dissembler.
        [1913 Webster]

3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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.
   

4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
HYPOCRITE, n.  One who, profession virtues that he does not respect
secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises.


Thesaurus Results for Hypocrite:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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