how to pronounce hypocrisy

/hɪˈpɑːkɹəsiː/

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hypocrisy is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of hypocrisy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

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meaning of hypocrisy

Hypocrisy is the practice of professing beliefs, virtues, or practices that one does not actually hold or believe in.

hypocrisy frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word hypocrisy occurs in english on average 5.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hypocrisy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hypocrisy can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;