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Originally Posted by Kinematics
Actually, no, that's not hypocrisy. That's dogmatism, or fanaticism. Extremely common in people with strong political or religious beliefs. They know they are right, so anything you say that conflicts with that belief must be an attempt to trick or manipulate them. Any actual evidence that is contradictory with their beliefs can cause a "crisis of faith", as it were. Priscilla definitely showed signs of that here.
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Nicely put. All of them fit like a glove. Just like hypocrisy^^
hy·poc·ri·sy (hĭ-pŏk'rĭ-sē) pronunciation
n., pl. -sies.
1. The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
2. An act or instance of such falseness.
[Middle English ipocrisie, from Old French, from Late Latin hypocrisis, play-acting, pretense, from Greek hupokrisis, from hupokrīnesthai, to play a part, pretend : hupo-, hypo- + krīnesthai, to explain, middle voice of krīnein, to decide, judge.]
hypocrisy
n
Definition: deceitfulness, pretense
Antonyms: forthrightness, honesty, righteousness, sincerity, truth
hypocrisy pronunciation
IN BRIEF: Insincerity by pretending to have qualities or beliefs not really held.
pronunciation Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue. — Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)
Sorry, i had to pull the google card. You're not wrong per se, i just had to add a little bit of a footnote here.