Hypocrisy is the practice of feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not. The word "hypocrisy" entered the English language c. 1200 with the meaning "the sin of pretending to virtue or goodness". Today, "hypocrisy" often refers to advocating behaviors that one does not practice. However, the term can also refer to other forms of pretense, such as engaging in pious or moral behaviors out of a desire for praise rather than out of genuinely pious or moral motivations.

पाखण्ड किसी व्यक्ति की वह चारित्रिक विशेषता है जो अपने पास अच्छे गुण, नैतिकता और सिद्धान्तों के होने का दिखावा करता है किन्तु वे उसके पास होती नहीं हैं।