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Definition
pretending to have moral standards while not living up to them
- Rise up, thou subtle, worldly, selfish, iron-hearted hypocrite, and make thy choice whether still to be subtle, worldly, selfish, iron-hearted, and hypocritical, or to tear these sins out of thy nature, though they bring the lifeblood with them!Chapter 18 — Governor Pyncheon (96% in)
There are no more uses of "hypocrisy" in The House of the Seven Gables.
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