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hypocrisy

hy.poc.ri.sy \hip-'a:k-r*-se-\ n [ME ypocrisie, fr. OF, fr. LL hypocrisis, 
   fr. Gk hypokrisis a]ct of playing a part on the stage, hypocrisy, fr. 
   hypokrinesthai to answer, act on the stage, fr. hypo- + krinein to decide - 
   more at CERTAIN : a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one 
   does not; esp  : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or 
   religion