A Hypocrite is a person who has the following traits:
1 - Readily perceives and condemns faults in others, while failing to perceive and condemn faults of ones own (an example of Double-standard too)
2 - Claims to have higher moral standards or more noble beliefs than actually is the case
3 - Having one thing in mind (beliefs, values, standards, motivations) and saying something else or behaving differently
EXAMPLE 1 -
Priest (while delivering a sermon): âThose who watch blue films will be cursed by God to the darkest corner of Hell, after death.â
Insider: âHe is an incorrigible hypocrite! He loves watching Porn on his laptop, late at night. He had also made advances to Nuns on several occasions, and on one occasion molested a Nun.â
EXAMPLE 2 -
Politician: âMany business men are serious tax evaders, they will be brought to book. Sometimes theyâre helped by powerful people in the government to hide their illegal activities.â
Citizen: âIt is like the pot calling the kettle black. This fellow is a shameless hypocrite! He has money stashed way in Swiss accounts and has used his connections to help his friends and relatives to either evade taxes or even to evade arrests.â