pure hypocrisy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpureandhypocrisy
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pure
adjective
uk/pjʊər/us/pjʊr/
not mixed with ...
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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 ofpureandhypocrisyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As for the claim of being interested in the working conditions and inhuman wages in underdeveloped countries, this ispurehypocrisy.
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These are not really about choices in pregnancy, that ispurehypocrisy.
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This being so, the report's recommendation that there should be no black lists or new databases ispurehypocrisy.
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This approach to politics, based onpurehypocrisy, is entirely unacceptable to us.
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My principal objection to the motion is that it ispurehypocrisy.
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I think it ispurehypocrisyto pretend that there is any analogy of that kind to be drawn.
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It ispurehypocrisyto talk about the rich harvest for the landlords.
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A lot ofpurehypocrisyis spoken about building standards and about not wanting comprehensive schools to be started in sub-standard buildings.
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This ispurehypocrisyand is aimed at ushering in a new 'superstate' over the heads of the peoples.
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The proposed situation is, as has already been said,purehypocrisy.
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Nobody who heard his speech tonight would have believed, except on the basis ofpurehypocrisy, that he had voted in favour of the principle.
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Is it notpurehypocrisyto condemn the only way in which that odious regime could be removed from the face of the earth?
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In these circumstances, to vote in favour of a strategy for integrated coastal zone management would bepurehypocrisy.
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To talk of competition under such circumstances ispurehypocrisy.
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It is impossible to ignore betting and it ispurehypocrisyto do so.
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It ispurehypocrisyto talk about the principle of reciprocity on a route which everyone knows has only sufficient traffic for one operator.
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To talk of competition under these circumstances ispurehypocrisy.
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It ispurehypocrisyto say that the weak in our society must pay to help us out of our problems.
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For them to call for sanctions ispurehypocrisy.
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To have a demand from the agricultural community for level playing fields is a distortion, and apurehypocrisy, as every single person taking part in the debate must know.
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