(n.) The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation or a concealment of one's real character, disposition or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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