hypocrite
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"My mother was a Democrat and my daddy was a Republican, so I’m a hypocrite," she quipped.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
This is, in part, why I’m surprised at Gen Z’s dismissal of Holden Caulfield as a whiny white rich-kid hypocrite.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
That set off a firestorm of comments about whether or not Grantham was a hypocrite.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
I’m the hypocrite who’s stayed up for Jake Paul’s boxing matches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
“I’m going to call up Genevieve right now. I’m going to tell her what a hypocrite you are.”
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Effron cautions against labeling other people as hypocrites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
“My hope is that I’m getting to bring one of the greatest hypocrites to life in a way that will both make people laugh and also make them recognize that archetype.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
I worry that it is turning us into hypocrites who, when it comes to the privacy of our conversations, have higher expectations for how others should treat us than for how we treat others.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2023
Rosenblum snaps back to the beginning of the summer, where she lays out her rogues’ gallery of gossips, hypocrites, cheaters.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Any thinking person is aware of this paradox; but in dealing with conventional people it is advantageous to treat them as though they were not hypocrites.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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