<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">On Dec 24, 2020, at 11:55 AM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> wrote:</div><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><a class="gmail-word__name--TTbAA gmail-word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" title="Origin and meaning of hypocrisy" href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/hypocrisy#etymonline_v_16134" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(131,0,29);text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px;margin:0px 0px 5px;font-size:20px;font-weight:700;word-break:break-word;font-family:Georgia">hypocrisy (n.)<span class="gmail-fa gmail-fa-image" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:inherit;margin-left:5px;color:rgb(136,136,136)"></span></a><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">c. 1200, <span class="gmail-foreign" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic">ipocrisie</span>, "the sin of pretending to virtue or goodness," from Old French <span class="gmail-foreign" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic">ypocrisie</span>, from Late Latin <span class="gmail-foreign" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic">hypocrisis</span> "hypocrisy," also "an imitation of a person's speech and gestures," from Attic Greek <span class="gmail-foreign" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic">hypokrisis</span> "acting on the stage; pretense," metaphorically, "hypocrisy," from <span class="gmail-foreign" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic">hypokrinesthai</span> "play a part, pretend," also "answer," from <span class="gmail-foreign" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic">hypo-</span> "under" (see <span class="gmail-crossreference" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(131,0,29);font-weight:700">hypo-</span>) + middle voice of <span class="gmail-foreign" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic">krinein</span> "to sift, decide" (from PIE root <span class="gmail-crossreference" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(131,0,29);font-weight:700">*krei-</span> "to sieve," thus "discriminate, distinguish"). The sense evolution in Attic Greek is from "separate gradually" to "answer" to "answer a fellow actor on stage" to "play a part." The <span class="gmail-foreign" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic">h-</span> was restored in English 16c. bill w</p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 12:30 PM Anton Sherwood via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">"hypocracy" ought to mean either rule for below<br>
or something less than minarchy.<br>
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*\\* Anton Sherwood *\\* <a href="http://www.bendwavy.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bendwavy.org</a><br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><br><div>Anton was focusing on the misspelled hypocracy... notice the -cracy part there.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Dan</div></body></html>