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Hypocrisy is the practice of feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not. [1] The word "hypocrisy" entered the English language c. 1200 with the meaning "the sin of pretending to virtue or goodness". [2] Today, "hypocrisy" often refers to advocating behaviors that one does not practice.
A hypocorism (/ h aɪ ˈ p ɒ k ər ɪ z əm / hy-POK-ər-iz-əm or / ˌ h aɪ p ə ˈ k ɒr ɪ z əm / HY-pə-KORR-iz-əm; from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα hypokórisma; sometimes also hypocoristic), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person.
Today, "hypocrisy" often refers to advocating behaviors that one does not practice. However, the term can also refer to other forms of pretense, such as engaging in pious or moral behaviors out of a desire for praise rather than out of genuinely pious or moral motivations.
Indeed, the second meaning is the only one noted by the Online Etymology Dictionary: c. 1200, ipocrisie, "the sin of pretending to virtue or goodness," from Old French ypocrisie, from Late Latin hypocrisis "hypocrisy," also "an imitation of a person's speech and gestures," from Attic Greek hypokrisis "acting on the stage; pretense."
The Mahābhārata, in book 12, chapter 60, lists adambha (non-hypocrisy) as a virtue along with akrodha (non-anger), kshama (forgiveness), and others. [5] In chapter 278, the epic explains how and why hypocrisy arises, suggesting that it derives from the sin of covetousness, greed, and attachment to superficial possessions.
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One of the problems of being a modern human means that there have been mistakes in the programming. Usually it's something small, like being colorblind, or forgetting why you entered a room. One of these mistakes is hypocrisy. Wikipedia users and the general populace usually frown upon hypocrisy, for it confuses and infuriates.