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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.
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Hypocrisy is the practice of pretending to be something you're not or claiming to believe things you don't actually believe, such as advocating for behaviors you don't follow yourself. It matters because it involves a fundamental dishonesty—whether someone is feigning virtue for appearance's sake or engaging in moral behavior primarily to gain praise rather than from genuine conviction.
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