hypocritical · adjective
Bedeutungen und Beispiele
Überzeugungen oder moralische Maßstäbe vorgebend, denen das eigene Handeln widerspricht.
It seemed hypocritical to criticise her lateness when the chair regularly arrived after meetings had begun.
The campaign's message sounded hypocritical because its organisers had refused to disclose their own spending.
He admitted that his response had been hypocritical and agreed to follow the same rules as everyone else.
A policy is difficult to defend when those enforcing it appear selective or openly hypocritical.
Formen
- more hypocritical comparative
- most hypocritical superlative