hypocritical Add to list Share. Hypocritical involves acting in a way that goes against your stated beliefs. ... The word comes up most often when discussing political and religious figures who are sometimes caught engaging in behavior that goes against their professed beliefs.

Is there such a word as hypocritical?

hy·per·crit·i·cal

adj. Excessively critical; captious.

Is it hypocritical or hypocritical?

Hypocrite is a noun, hypocritical is an adjective.

You are a hypocrite. His actions are hypercritical.