His public support for equality was exposed as sheer hypocrisy after his private discriminatory comments surfaced.

hypocrisy 是名词，来自希腊语 hypokrisis（表演、假装），由前缀 hypo-（在...之下）和 krinein（判断、决定）组成。这个词指"言行不一、虚伪"的行为或态度，即公开表现出的态度与私下真实想法不一致。