hipocresía

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, answer, stage acting, pretense), from ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νομαι (hupokrī́nomai, to reply), from ὑπό (hupó, under, hypo-) + the middle voice of κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, to separate, to judge, to decide).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ipokɾeˈsia/ [i.po.kɾeˈsi.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: hi‧po‧cre‧sí‧a

Noun

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hipocresía f (plural hipocresías)

  1. hypocrisy
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Further reading

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