English → Latin
“hypocrisy” in Latin
simulātiōfeigning, shamming, pretence, feint; insincerity, deceit, hypocrisy; simulationdissimulātiōa dissembling, concealing, disguising, dissimulationsimulōto make like, simulate, imitate, copy, represent; to feign, pretend; to behave or act (as if, as though)ineōto enter, go into; to begin; to have sexual intercourse
The English word hypocrisy itself goes back to Latin hypocrisis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hypocrisy
simulatio (the pretending what is not): dissimulatio (the concealing what is). (The words are found in this connection and order.) simulatio et dissimulatio (as Cic., Off., 3, 15, init.): ficti simulatique vultus (hypocritical face): species fictae simulationis (hypocrisy wearing the mask of religion, Cic., Cluent., 26, end): pietas erga Deum ficta or simulata: amor fictus or simulatus: amicitia ficta or simulata (according as the hypocrite pretends piety, love, or friendship). Without hypocrisy, haud simulate; ex animo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hypocrisy?
- The usual Latin words for “hypocrisy” are simulātiō, dissimulātiō, simulō; also ineō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.