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Which literary character is best known as a hypocrite?

hypocrite

[hip-uh-krit] / ˈhɪp ə krɪt /


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Critics labeled him a hypocrite; Dyson said that the company had outgrown the Malmesbury campus, and maintained his belief that Asia was the future of manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

"My mother was a Democrat and my daddy was a Republican, so I’m a hypocrite," she quipped.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

This is, in part, why I’m surprised at Gen Z’s dismissal of Holden Caulfield as a whiny white rich-kid hypocrite.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

That set off a firestorm of comments about whether or not Grantham was a hypocrite.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Wes didn’t think Tony was a hypocrite exactly—he knew why his brother felt obliged to warn him off.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Effron cautions against labeling other people as hypocrites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025

“They’re complete hypocrites when it comes to this case.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2024

And most of the rest, as the Guttmacher statistics show, are liars and/or hypocrites.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2023

I worry that it is turning us into hypocrites who, when it comes to the privacy of our conversations, have higher expectations for how others should treat us than for how we treat others.

From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2023

I can forgive a fool, but I ain’t inner-rested in coddlin’ hypocrites.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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