Hypocritical

Pronunciation

• International Phonetic Alphabet:/hɪpÉ™krɪtɪkÉ™l/

Origin

From hypocritic + -al, from ὑποκριτικός, from ὑποκριτής (hupokritēs, "actor, hypocrite"), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrinomai, "I play a part on stage"), from ὑπό (hupo, "below") + κρίνω (krinō, "I choose").

Full definition of hypocritical

Adjective

1. Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite. from mid-16th c.