whats a hypocrite?

Question

i think thats how you spell it, you pronounce it hip-uh-krit.
anyway what is it? iv always wondered

Answer 1

"DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO" is a perfect saying of a hypocrite.

Answer 2

In general, a hypocrite is one who doesn't "walk his talk." But I wouldn't call hypocritical every person who advises me against, or even admonishes me for, a certain behavior of which he is, or has been, guilty. It's good for those who learn from their own mistakes to pass on their wisdom.

In Gismo's example of a drinker warning against alcohol, the drinker is not a hypocrite unless he claims or pretends he's never had a drop.

And wwjd uses "Do as I say, not as I do" as the perfect slogan of a hypocrite. Yes, this can be the case. But all of us who are parents wish this injunction could really work, because we know how often we make mistakes. We try to teach our children to be better than we are, even though we know our example is more powerful than our words. But I don't think weakness is hypocrisy.

Answer 3

A hypocrite could be looked up in a dictionary.
But the word really means someone/anyone who
professes to believe in, stand for, stand behind,
recommend and practice one sort of conduct or set
of values and is lying about what he really does--
because he actually does something else or the
opposite of what he loudly says men
ought to be doing.

Answer 4

Perhaps an object lesson would help:
Suppose you have one cup that is clean outside and inside and a similar cup that is clean outside but dirty inside.

Looking at only the outside of each cup, which of these two cups would you rather drink from?

Now look at the inside of each cup. Which cup would you rather drink from? Why?

Many people pay a great deal of attention to outward words and actions that would make them appear righteous, but they are not as concerned with actually being righteous in their hearts. For this, they referred to as hypocrites.

Hypocrites—people who try to appear righteous but who do not try to live righteously.

And as much as I agree with a previous responder talking about a conservative republican senator, do not be deceived into believing that it does not also happen on the other side of the political spectrum as well.

Answer 5

a hypocrite would be someone who criticises you for doing something when they actually do/ have done it themselves:

say if you had an affair with some guy and your friend gave you a really hard time about it, even though she had done the same thing.

she'd be a hypocrite.

Answer 6

Someone who doens't practice what he/she preaches. for example, if I said to you, alcohol is bad for you, dont drink it. And then I went out and got locked... that would be being a hypocrite.

Answer 7

Hypocrite: Conservative, republican senetor who very loudly and aggressively opposes gay marriages, caught in a public restroom offereing to "service" an undercover police officer.

Answer 8

I think It's when you like something and talk good about that something and then start saying you don't like it. I would look it up in the Dictionary to be sure..I could be wrong......Good luck finding out what it means.......

Answer 9

1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
2. a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, esp. one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.

Answer 10

someone who says something to you then they totally do the oppisite. Like if i said to you---dont talk to that girl! then 5 minutes later you see me chatting to that girl. x