How would you define the word 'hypocrite'?

Answer 1

someone whos words are the opposite of their beliefs
someone who doesnt practise what they preach

and i just smile when i see serj rofl so thank you for making me smile

Answer 2

HYPOCRITE means: A person who pretends to be what he is not; a person whose actions are out of harmony with his words.

According to A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament by Brown, Driver, and Briggs (1980, pp. 337, 338), cha·neph´, when used as an adjective, may be defined as “profane, irreligious . . . , godless”; or, as a verb, “be polluted, profane . . . , inclining away from right.”

The Greek word rendered “hypocrite” (hy·po·kri·tes´) means “one who answers,” as well as meaning a stage actor. Greek and Roman actors employed large masks with mechanical devices for amplifying the voice. Hence, the Greek word hy·po·kri·tes´ came to be used in a metaphoric sense to apply to one playing false, or one putting on a pretense.
The same word appears in the Greek Septuagint at Job 34:30; 36:13. Hypocrites are “unfaithful ones” (compare Lu 12:46 with Mt 24:51), and “hypocrisy” (hy·po´kri·sis), as used in the Scriptures, may also denote “wickedness” and “cunning.”—Compare Mt 22:18; Mr 12:15; Lu 20:23; see also Ga 2:13, where hy·po´kri·sis is rendered “pretense.”

Jesus Christ identified as hypocrites persons who make gifts of mercy with showy display, who pray and fast to be seen of men, and who pick on the strawlike faults of their brothers but do nothing about removing their own rafterlike faults. Christ classified as such those who claimed to be God’s servants but who failed to discern the significance of the time in which they were living and the events that were occurring, while readily drawing conclusions from the appearance of earth and sky as to what the weather would be like.—Mt 6:2, 5, 16; 7:1-5; Lu 6:42; 12:54-56.

Answer 3

A hypocrite is literally a person who claims to believe in something he doesn't
really believe in.
I've wondered if it wasn't originally a "put down", invented by someone who didn't
like Hippocrates. The man who gave us the Hypocritical, I mean, Hippocratic Oath.
A doctor takes, swearing he will never harm his patient.
Just like philosophy came from Philo, the great thinker.
And platonic from Plato. Being able to have an intimate relationship without sex.
I also wondered if confusion, wasn't a "put down" invented by someone that
didn't like Confuscious!
I get a little "skepticism "when I say these things.

Answer 4

Hypocrisy is the act of pretending or claiming to have beliefs, feelings, morals or virtues that one does not truly possess or practice. The word derives from the late Latin hypocrisis and Greek ὑπόκρισις hypokrisis both meaning play-acting or pretense. The word is arguably derived from ὑπό hypo- meaning under, + κρίνειν krinein meaning to decide/to dispute.

Truly believing in one's right to a behavior whilst denying others the same right does not fit under the definition of hypocrisy, but should rather be termed as holding a double standard, thus leading to the most common misuse of the word. Examples of behavior mistakenly attributed to hypocrisy include issuing or enforcing dictates one does not follow oneself and criticizing others for carrying out some action while carrying out the same action oneself. This erroneous application of the word leads some people to believe that most people, if not all, are hypocrites; they tend to criticize what they perceive to be bad behavior in others, yet will justify it when they are inclined to perform the same action. Rather, this form of behavior is closely related to the fundamental attribution error, a well-studied phenomenon of human psychology: individuals are more likely to explain their own actions by their environment, yet they attribute the actions of others to 'innate characteristics', thus leading towards judging others while justifying ones' own actions.

Hypocrisy is a deliberate pretense used to convey sentiments or ideas that are false (acting as if one likes something or someone or agrees with a belief or political position when in fact they do not).

Answer 5

Some one who insults or points out the faults of others to hide their own insecurities. In this sense every ones hypocritical from some christians to some muslims to president Bush

Answer 6

You only need to look at the bigots here inside Y!A who insult non-whites and non-Christians.

That defines hypocrite for you.

Peace.

Answer 7

A hypocrite is one who tells someone else what to do and does the opposite themselves.

Am I one? Yep. I don't always practice what I preach!

Answer 8

Hypocrite is when you have the most number of nuclear weapons and you condemn others who are trying to acquire one.

Answer 9

'hypocrite"
We are all hypocrites, because would you willing let your kids do what you did as a kid, I think not, so that makes us all hypocrites at some point.

Answer 10

Hypocrisy is the act of pretending or claiming to have beliefs, feelings, morals or virtues that one does not truly possess or practice. SUGAR

Answer 11

Simply put, one whose actions are contrary to their words.
Examples:

Someone who says "Like Jesus, I love everyone" but who rejoices when a gay man is beat nearly to deat in his town.

Someone who says "We are shepherds of the Earth" and drives a Hummer as a day-to-day car.

Someone who says "Family is important" but works a job which leaves them away from thier children for 9 months out of the year with no intent to change.

Someone who believes in Jesus, but makes no attemtp to serve others.

A Wiccan who makes no attempt to understand the Earth and her seasons.

These and more.