How to say "hypocrite" in Japanese

• 偽善者ぎぜんしゃ
  nounThe direct word for a hypocrite: someone who pretends to virtues or beliefs they do not hold — a 'wolf in sheep's clothing'. Use it when criticizing someone whose professed principles do not match their behavior.
  我々われわれの睡眠すいみん中ちゅうは偽善者ぎぜんしゃではない。↗

  We are not hypocrites in our sleep.
• 偽君子ぎくんし
  nounA less common word for a hypocrite; it can also mean 'snob'. For the ordinary sense of someone who feigns virtue, 偽善者 is the safer choice.
• ヒポクリット
  nounThe English word 'hypocrite' transcribed into katakana. It is seldom the word you want in a Japanese sentence; for the person who feigns virtue, use 偽善者 instead.
• 食わせ物くわせもの
  nounEssentially an impostor or cheat: a person or thing passed off as what it is not. It only marginally covers 'hypocrite', so it is seldom the word you want for moral hypocrisy.

For a person who feigns virtue, 偽善者 is the straightforward choice; 偽君子 is a less common synonym that can also mean 'snob'; 「ヒポクリット」 is the katakana loanword; 「食わせ物」 chiefly means impostor or cheat.

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• 偽善者ぎぜんしゃhypocrite
• 偽君子ぎくんしhypocrite
• ヒポクリットhypocrite
• 食わせ物くわせものimpostor