charge of hypocrisy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchargeandhypocrisy
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charge
noun
uk/tʃɑːdʒ/us/tʃɑːrdʒ/
the amount of money that you have to pay for something, especially for an activity ...
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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 ofchargeandhypocrisyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This created a barrier to entry into church culture, especially since to profess involvement while failing to live up to these expectations was to incur thechargeofhypocrisy.
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If we are not consistent, we will, understandably, receive thechargeofhypocrisy.
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We will face achargeofhypocrisyif we will the ends but not the means.
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I think we have to guard ourselves against anychargeofhypocrisy.
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Such sensitiveness exposes us to thechargeofhypocrisy.
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To avoid thechargeofhypocrisy, would not that be a good idea?
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One cannot be selective in this way without incurring thechargeofhypocrisy.
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I am not certain whether thechargeofhypocrisyhas been withdrawn.
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That will open them up to thechargeofhypocrisy, and that charge will stick as we go into future general elections.
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We are anxious that such action should be taken as will enable us to repudiate thechargeofhypocrisywhich is being brought against us by our critics abroad.
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This seems to me to be setting up too high the doctrine of the sacredness of that particular treaty, and it is almost inviting achargeofhypocrisy.
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It is difficult to acquit us of thechargeofhypocrisywhen we voted for that resolution knowing full well that we intended to break it.
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Then there is thechargeofhypocrisy.
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By doing so, he has opened himself to charges of hypocrisy and foolishness.
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The charges of hypocrisy cannot be swept aside.
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They could scarcely have done otherwise without inviting charges of hypocrisy, given what they had so recently said.
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Official aid and official trade barriers are an anomalous combination which, besides other perverse results, invites charges of hypocrisy and suggestions that aid is only conscience money for restrictive policies.
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During this time he amassed a fortune, which he flaunted with diamond rings and expensive cars, leading to charges of hypocrisy and corruption.
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