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hypocritical

adj
/hɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəl/

Etymology

From hypocritic + -al, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτικός (hupokritikós), from ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I play a part on stage”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I choose”).

  1. derived from ὑποκριτικός

Definitions

  1. Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hypocritical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hypocritical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at hypocritical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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