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hypocrisy

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

Claiming principles or standards that one's own behavior contradicts.

He recognized the hypocrisy of condemning delays while often arriving late.

Dictionary practice example.

The workshop's chair objected to the coordinator's hypocrisy: he had repeatedly praised transparency while concealing the conflicting promises.