hypocrite
Preaches but ignores
A hypocrite is someone whose actions do not reflect their stated beliefs.
Hypocrite is always used negatively.
In language about religion or morals, hypocrite is used to characterize someone who puts on an appearance of being pious or virtuous but is discovered to be involved in something unethical or criminal.
Faker claiming false expertise
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- fakerOne who pretends
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- pretenderIllegitimate claimant to power
deceiver · sham · quack · mountebank · dissembler · con-artist · masquerader · counterfeit
Insincere and deceptive
- double-dealingDeceptive practice of betrayal
- Janus-facedHaving contradictory aspects
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
duplicitous · deceitful · disingenuous · insincere · backstabbing · betrayal · disloyalty · split
Feigning moral superiority
- holier-than-thouSmugly moralistic toward others
- piousFaithfully devoted to worship
- preachyExcessively moralizing in tone
- smugExcessively self-satisfied
self-satisfied · priggish · puritanical · pietistic · virtue-signaling · moralizing · condescending · superior
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- conscienceInternal moral sense
double-standard · righteousness · scruples · sin · transgression · preaching · values · standards
Making something known
- unmaskingRevealing what's hidden
- criticismJudgment of faults
- denouncingPublicly declaring disapproval
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
reproach · disapproval · condemnation · rebuke · shaming · outing · confronting · whistleblowing
charlatan
Faker claiming false expertise
pretender · deceiver · sham · quack · mountebank · dissembler · con-artist · masquerader · counterfeit · pseudo
two-faced
Insincere and deceptive
- double-dealingDeceptive practice of betrayal
- Janus-facedHaving contradictory aspects
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
inconsistency · duplicitous · deceitful · disingenuous · insincere · backstabbing · betrayal · disloyalty · split · facade
sanctimonious
Feigning moral superiority
- holier-than-thouSmugly moralistic toward others
- piousFaithfully devoted to worship
- preachyExcessively moralizing in tone
smug · self-satisfied · priggish · puritanical · pietistic · virtue-signaling · moralizing · condescending · superior · goody-goody
ethics
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
conscience · double-standard · righteousness · scruples · sin · transgression · preaching · values · standards · code
exposing
Making something known
- unmaskingRevealing what's hidden
- criticismJudgment of faults
- denouncingPublicly declaring disapproval
censure · reproach · disapproval · condemnation · rebuke · shaming · outing · confronting · whistleblowing · scandal
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
- hypocrisysanctimony, two-faced, self-righteousness, holier than thou, double standard
- sinnerssinner, transgressor, evildoer, wrongdoer, blasphemer
- judgmental typesmoralist, moralizer, prig, prude, puritan
- posersposer, poseur, wannabe, fake, faker
- Crookscrook, swindler, fraudster, embezzler, con artist
hypocritestraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
truth-teller · honest · sincere · what you see is what you get · genuine
hypocritepractitioner
One who works regularly
man of his word · walks the talk · self-critical · true believer · evenhanded
hypocriteopen book
One easily understood
honest broker · straight talker · frank · candid · aboveboard