The claim or pretense of holding beliefs, feelings, standards, qualities,
opinions or virtues that one does not actually possess.
[from early 13th c. –
Moral self-contradiction whereby the
behavior of one or more
people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.
An instance of either of the above.
Gift it
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