01 n. 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 …
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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.