different between hypocrite vs insincere

English

Etymology

Old French ypocrite (Modern French hypocrite), from Ecclesiastical Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ????????? (hupokrit?s, “actor, hypocrite”), from ??????????? (hupokrínomai, “I answer, act, feign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?.p?.k??t/

Noun

hypocrite (plural hypocrites)

1. Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]

Synonyms

• flip-flopper

Translations

See also

• two-faced
• double standard
• hypocritical

Anagrams

• rheotypic

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.p?.k?it/

Adjective

hypocrite (plural hypocrites)

1. hypocritical

Derived terms

• hypocritement

Noun

hypocrite m or f (plural hypocrites)

1. hypocrite

Synonyms

• (informal) faux-cul, faux cul, faux jeton

Further reading

• “hypocrite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• chypriote, Chypriote

English

Etymology

From Latin insincerus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

insincere (comparative more insincere, superlative most insincere)

1. Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.

   Janice's furious glare showed that her apology was insincere.

Antonyms

• sincere

Derived terms

• insincerely
• insincerity

Translations

Italian

Adjective

insincere f pl

1. feminine plural of insincero