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Hypocrisy vs Sincerity - What's the difference?

hypocrisy | sincerity |

As nouns the difference between hypocrisy and sincerity

is that hypocrisy is the claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not actually have while sincerity is the quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense.

hypocrisy

English

Noun

(hypocrisies)
  • The claim or pretense of having]] beliefs, standards, qualities, [[behaviour, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not actually have.
  • The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.
  • An instance of either or both of the above.
  • Derived terms

    * hypocritical * hypocritically * hypocrite

    sincerity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sincerity)
  • The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense.
  • * :
  • I protest, in the sincerity of love.
  • * Knox:
  • Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important.
  • *
  • Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

    Synonyms

    * honesty * sincereness

    Antonyms

    * insincerity

    References

    (Webster 1913)