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# hypocrisy

«hypocrisy» in Mova's school dictionary: **not; saying one thing and doing another** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Pretending to be good or kind when you are not; saying one thing and doing another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypocrisy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the wicked character who says sorry but means nothing

### examples

- His hypocrisy was clear when he said sorry and then cheated again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypocrisy/#x1)
- Her hypocrisy fooled no one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypocrisy/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hypocrisy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypocrisy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.