hypocrisy

  1. Noun.  the claim or pretense of holding beliefs, feelings, standards, qualities, opinions, virtues or motivations that one does not actually possess. (defdate, from early 13th c.) .
  2. Noun.  applying criticism to others that one does not apply equally to oneself; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.
  3. Noun.  an instance of either of the above.

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