All 3 Uses of
hypocrite
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- O you hypocrites, O, you whited sepulchres, O you who present a smooth smiling face to the world while your soul within is a foul swamp of sin, how will it fare with you in that terrible day?†
Chpt 3 *
- —You're a hypocrite, O'Keeffe, he said.†
Chpt 5
- —I mean, Cranly said, hardening in his speech, did the idea ever occur to you that he was himself a conscious hypocrite, what he called the jews of his time, a whited sepulchre?†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(hypocrite) someone who violates claimed moral standards