Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy is the practice of feigning what one is not or professing what one does not believe. The word "hypocrisy" entered the English language c. 1200 with the meaning "the sin of pretending to virtue or goodness". Today, "hypocrisy" often refers to advocating behaviors that one does not practice. However, the term can also refer to other forms of pretense, such as engaging in pious or moral behaviors out of a desire for praise rather than out of genuinely pious or moral motivations.

Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite (; , ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theatre roles.

mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time

application of different sets of justifications for situations that are essentially the same

"Whataboutism" or "whataboutery" (as in, "but what about X?") refers to the propaganda strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of offering an explanation or defense against the original accusation. It is an informal fallacy that the accused party uses to avoid accountability—whether attempting to distract by shifting the conversation's focus away from their behaviour or attempting to justify themselves by pointing to the similar behaviour (which may be true or false, but irrelevant) of their opponent or another party who is not the current subject of discussio

phrase

empty act done publicly with the intent of enhancing one's own image

parable by Jesus told in his Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 7:3–5)

proverb

fable shared with bible, attributed to Aesop

Soviet catchphrase

biblical episode

Russian propagandist slogan

proverb

stating a preference not truly held

political pejorative to refer to people who support progressive views and Israel in the Arab-Israeli conflict