TARTUFFE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)

Synonyms:

Tartufe; Tartuffe

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tartuffe" is a kind of...):

dissembler; dissimulator; hypocrite; phoney; phony; pretender (a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives)

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