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Duality vs. Hypocrisy — What's the Difference?

Duality vs. Hypocrisy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Duality and Hypocrisy

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Duality

The quality or character of being twofold; dichotomy.

Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy is the practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one criticizes another or the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform. In moral psychology, it is the failure to follow one's own expressed moral rules and principles.

Duality

A classification into two subclasses or opposed parts.

Hypocrisy

The practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case
His target was the hypocrisy of suburban life
Spokesmen unversed in the smoother hypocrisies of diplomacy
She was irritated to be accused of hypocrisy

Duality

(projective geometry) The interchangeability of points and planes.
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Hypocrisy

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

Duality

The mathematical equivalence of two seemingly different theoretical descriptions of a physical system.

Hypocrisy

An act or instance of such falseness.

Duality

The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual character or usage.

Hypocrisy

The contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs; hence in general sense, dissimulation, pretence, sham.

Duality

Being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses;
The dichotomy between eastern and western culture

Hypocrisy

The claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not really have.

Duality

(physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory

Hypocrisy

The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.

Duality

(geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry

Hypocrisy

An instance of any or all of the above.

Hypocrisy

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.
Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy.
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.

Hypocrisy

An expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

Hypocrisy

Insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have

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