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Someone who installs smoke detectors in your house and a flamethrower in theirs.
means Someone who acts as if they hold certain moral standards or beliefs while behaving in ways that contradict them.
from From Greek 'hypokrites,' meaning 'stage actor' or 'pretender' — literally one who 'answers from under,' tied to 'hypokrinesthai,' to play a part. Greek actors performed behind masks, voicing characters they weren't, and the word slid from the theater into moral life: the hypocrite is someone still wearing the mask after the play is supposed to be over, performing virtue rather than living it.
- original meaning
- greek for stage actor playing a role
- brain quirk
- judges others' actions, excuses own by intentions
- spotting tip
- check what they do when unwatched
- universal truth
- everyone is one about something, unknowingly