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    hypocritical
    /ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪkl/

    adjective

    • 1. behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case: "we don't go to church and we thought it would be hypocritical to have him christened"

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  2. Sep 22, 2024 · Hypocrisy, at its core, is the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which ones own behavior does not conform. It’s like wearing a mask of virtue while hiding a face of vice. But here’s the kicker: it’s not always intentional.

  3. Sep 21, 2024 · Hypocritical people are those who play to have a public and private face to seduce people without having to make great sacrifices for others. We review what are their typical characteristics and how is the way they approach their relationships.

  4. Sep 13, 2024 · Double standards in a relationship may also be known as hypocritical behavior or behavior that a person partakes in but asks others to avoid. Any person can exhibit this behavior; it is not limited by gender.

  5. 3 days ago · Critics argue that the selective invocation of portions of the Old Testament is hypocritical, particularly when those portions endorse hostility towards women and homosexuals, when other portions are considered obsolete, such as dietary prohibitions.

  6. Sep 14, 2024 · Hippocratic oath, ethical code attributed to the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, adopted as a guide to conduct by the medical profession throughout the ages and still used in the graduation ceremonies of many medical schools.

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  7. Sep 14, 2024 · Ethics, the philosophical discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad and morally right and wrong. Its subject consists of fundamental issues of practical decision making, and its major concerns include the nature of ultimate value and the standards by which human actions can be morally evaluated.

  8. Sep 12, 2024 · critical thinking, in educational theory, mode of cognition using deliberative reasoning and impartial scrutiny of information to arrive at a possible solution to a problem.