English-Finnish translations for hypocrisy

• tekopyhyys
  On aika lopettaa tämä tekopyhyys. It is time to end the hypocrisy.
  Vasemmiston tekopyhyys on kammottavaa. This left-wing hypocrisy is abhorrent.
  Tuloksena on täydellinen tekopyhyys. The result is that complete hypocrisy reigns.
• ulkokultaisuus
  Meidän olisi ymmärrettävä kuinka tällainen ulkokultaisuus ja kaksinaismoralismi hyödyttävät uusnatseja ja niin edelleen. We should realise how such hypocrisy and double standards are helpful for various neo-Nazis etc.
  Turkin ja Euroopan unionin suhteille on aina ollut tunnusomaista sanomatta jättäminen ja jopa ulkokultaisuus. Relations between Turkey and the European Union have always been marked by the unsaid, or even hypocrisy.

Definition of hypocrisy

• The contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs; hence in general sense, dissimulation, pretence, sham
• The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belie#Verb|belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues

Related words

• hypocrite
• hypocrites
• hypocritical
• hypocritically
• Hypocrites
• play the hypocrite