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Translate hypocrisy from English to German

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hypocrisy:
- Hypokrisie; Heuchelei; Scheinheiligkeit; Frömmelei
Wiktionary:
- hypocrisy → Doppelmoral, Heuchelei, Hypokrisie, Heuchlerei
- hypocrisy → Hypokrisie, Heuchelei

English

Detailed Translations for hypocrisy from English to German

hypocrisy:

hypocrisy [the ~] noun

the hypocrisy (duplicity; dissimulation; sanctimoniousness)
die Hypokrisie; die Heuchelei; die Scheinheiligkeit
- Hypokrisie [die ~] noun
- Heuchelei [die ~] noun
- Scheinheiligkeit [die ~] noun
the hypocrisy (sanctimoniousness; bigotry; dissembling; pietism)
die Frömmelei; die Heuchelei; die Scheinheiligkeit
- Frömmelei [die ~] noun
- Heuchelei [die ~] noun
- Scheinheiligkeit [die ~] noun

Translation Matrix for hypocrisy:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Frömmelei	bigotry; dissembling; hypocrisy; pietism; sanctimoniousness
Heuchelei	bigotry; dissembling; dissimulation; duplicity; hypocrisy; pietism; sanctimoniousness	duplicity; insincerity; sanctimoniousness
Hypokrisie	dissimulation; duplicity; hypocrisy; sanctimoniousness
Scheinheiligkeit	bigotry; dissembling; dissimulation; duplicity; hypocrisy; pietism; sanctimoniousness	duplicity; insincerity; sanctimoniousness
-	lip service
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	cant; sanctimoniousness

Related Words for "hypocrisy":

hypocrisies

Synonyms for "hypocrisy":

lip service; pretense; pretence; feigning; dissembling
insincerity; falseness; hollowness

Related Definitions for "hypocrisy":

insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have¹
an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction¹

Wiktionary Translations for hypocrisy:

hypocrisy

noun

applying criticism to others that one does not apply equally to oneself; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belie their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues
- hypocrisy → Doppelmoral
Claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess
- hypocrisy → Heuchelei

hypocrisy

noun

bildungssprachlich: Vortäuschung einer Meinung, ohne diese wirklich zu vertreten
- Hypokrisie → hypocrisy
va.|: Vortäuschung einer Meinung oder Einstellung, ohne diese wirklich zu vertreten
- Heuchlerei → hypocrisy
Vortäuschen von Unwahrheiten; eine Form von Lügen
- Heuchelei → hypocrisy

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• hypocrisy	→ Hypokrisie	↔ hypocrisie — huichelarij
• hypocrisy	→ Heuchelei	↔ huichelarij — het huichelen
• hypocrisy	→ Heuchelei	↔ hypocrisie — vice consistant à s'attribuer une vertu, une piété ou un sentiment noble que l'on n'a pas.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University