From Middle English ipocrisie, from Old French ypocrisie, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις ("answer, stage acting, pretense"), from ὑποκρίνομαι, from ὑπό + the middle voice of κρίνω.
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