gross hypocrisy

collocation in English

meaningsofgrossandhypocrisy

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gross
adjective
adverb
uk
/ɡrəʊs/
us
/ɡroʊs/
(in) ...
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hypocrisy
noun[U]
uk
/hɪˈpɒk.rɪ.si/
us
/hɪˈpɑː.krə.si/
a situation in which someone pretends to believe something that they do not really believe, or that is the opposite of what they do or say at ...
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(Definition ofgrossandhypocrisyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We see today an exercise ingrosshypocrisy.
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Does not that reveal thegrosshypocrisyof much of what we have heard from them this afternoon?
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It isgrosshypocrisyon the part of this place.
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He characterises our conduct as a piece ofgrosshypocrisyand nothing else.
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Not only with forked tongues, but withgrosshypocrisy.
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I have the feeling that we have here a case ofgrosshypocrisy.
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It is, in my opinion, an example ofgrosshypocrisy.
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That perhaps is a piece ofgrosshypocrisyand dishonesty on the part of those who publish them.
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Is that notgrosshypocrisyon the part of the alliance?
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That smacks to me ofgrosshypocrisy.
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I think that isgrosshypocrisy—nothing less.
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If we do not make a positive response, we are open to the charge of at bestgrosshypocrisyand at worst a desire to perpetuate the arms conflict.
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Does she recognise that to lavish praise on ambulance people at the time of a disaster and then to stop them going to arbitration isgrosshypocrisy?
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