Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 偽善(ぎぜん) in Japanese

偽善
Kana Reading
ぎぜん
Romaji
gizen
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    hypocrisy
    Example sentence
    彼らは彼の批判を偽善であるとして退けた。 They dismissed his criticism as hypocrisy.

Examples of 偽善, ぎぜん in a sentence

Kanji in this word

偽 JLPT 1

11 strokes

falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit, forgery

On'Yomi: ギ, カ

Kun'Yomi: いつわ.る, にせ, いつわ.り

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善 JLPT 2

12 strokes

virtuous, good, goodness

On'Yomi: ゼン

Kun'Yomi: よ.い, い.い, よ.く, よし.とする

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