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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hypocritical \Hyp`o*crit"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F.
     hypocritique.]
     Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a
     hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical
     action.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           Hypocritical professions of friendship and of pacific
           intentions were not spared.              --Macaulay.
     -- {Hyp`o*crit"ic*al*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hypocritical
       adj : professing feelings or virtues one does not have;
             "hypocritical praise"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "hypocritical":
     Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, alleged,
     ambidextrous, assumed, avowed, bland, canting, casuistic, claimed,
     counterfeited, deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, dishonest,
     dissembling, double, double-dealing, double-faced, double-minded,
     double-tongued, doublehearted, fake, faked, faking, false, feigned,
     feigning, glib, goody, goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritic,
     in name only, insincere, left-handed, lying, mealymouthed,
     mendacious, moralistic, oily, ostensible, pecksniffian, perfidious,
     pharisaic, pharisaical, pharisean, phony, pietistic, pious,
     pretended, pretending, pretexted, professed, purported, put-on,
     sanctified, sanctimonious, self-righteous, sham, simon-pure,
     simulated, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, sniveling,
     so-called, specious, spurious, treacherous, two-faced, unctuous,
     underhand, untrustworthy
  
  

















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