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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.
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.
The following is a sample of books for further reading, selected for a combination of content, ease of access via the internet, and to provide an indication of published sources that interested readers may review. The titles of some books are self-explanatory.
Letters to the Editor: Essentially an end to our democracy. The billionaire behind Issue 1. Do you support Issue 1? Hypocrisy and irony
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The Canuck letter was a letter to the editor of the Manchester Union Leader, published February 24, 1972, two weeks before the New Hampshire primary of the 1972 United States presidential election. It implied that Senator Edmund Muskie , a candidate for the Democratic Party 's presidential nomination, held prejudice against " Canucks ...
The letter, which has eight signatories, says the Turkish president subjects Kurds to ‘genocidal attacks’. Open letter accuses FM of ‘hypocrisy’ for inviting Turkish president to Scotland ...