Saturday 22 August 2015

single word requests - What do you call a person who doesn't believe in something but still saying things about it?

I think the closest word to describe Mario would be a hypocrite, defined as one whose actions belie their professed beliefs. Note that hypocrite is a fairly derogatory term in modern parlance - but then, it's hard to describe the behavior you're talking about in positive terms. Still, if you were looking for a more "oh, well, there he goes again!" type of noun (i.e. "being silly" rather than "betraying his beliefs"), hypocrite is probably too strong/negative a term.



http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hypocrite

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