偽善(ぎぜん)

ぎぜん
noun
hypocrisy
1. hypocrisy, pretense of virtue
The practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs that one's behavior does not conform to.
それは偽善(ぎぜん)だ。
That's hypocrisy.
彼(かれ)の言動(げんどう)は偽善(ぎぜん)に満(み)ちている。
His words and actions are full of hypocrisy.
偽善(ぎぜん)者(しゃ)だと批判(ひはん)された。
He was criticized as a hypocrite.

偽善(ぎぜん) is a strongly negative term.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 偽善(ぎぜん)者(しゃ): hypocrite
  • 偽善(ぎぜん)的(てき): hypocritical

WORD FORMATION:
偽(ぎ) (false) + 善(ぜん) (goodness, virtue)

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