- What is it called when someone does the opposite of what you say?
- What Latin word means opposite to?
- What is the word when you say something but do the opposite?
- What is the word for when two things opposite each other?
What is it called when someone does the opposite of what you say?
The word hypocrite is rooted in the Greek word hypokrites, which means “stage actor, pretender, dissembler.” So think of a hypocrite as a person who pretends to be a certain way, but really acts and believes the total opposite.
What Latin word means opposite to?
oppositus/opposita/oppositum, AO = opposite, against Add similar words / This word is not similar to the others.
What is the word when you say something but do the opposite?
"Contra-" usually means "against," and to contradict is to go against or say the opposite of what someone else is doing or saying. Sometimes to contradict is to frustrate with words, like when one person says "The sky is blue" and another says "No, it's azure."
What is the word for when two things opposite each other?
Think of oxymorons (the less common plural is oxymora) as two opposite words put together. That's not the most technical definition, but that's exactly what they are. They're a figure of speech in which two contradictory words are juxtaposed, like original copy.