| NOUN | communication | hypocrisy, lip service | an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction |
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| attribute | hypocrisy | insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have |
| Sounds | hhihpaa'krahsiy | |
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| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | An expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction. | |
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| Synonym | lip service | |
| Narrower | crocodile tears | A hypocritical display of sorrow |
| Broader | pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling | pretending with intention to deceive / deceive |
| Spanish | choro, hipocresía | |
| Catalan | hipocresia | |
| Adjectives | hypocritical | professing feelings or virtues one does not have |
| Meaning | insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have. | |
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| Narrower | fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, unction | smug self-serving earnestness |
| sanctimoniousness, sanctimony | The quality of being hypocritically devout | |
| Broader | insincerity, falseness, hollowness | The quality of not being open or truthful |
| Spanish | hipocresía | |
| Catalan | hipocresia | |
| Adjectives | hypocritical | professing feelings or virtues one does not have |
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