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Noun Concept
Categories: Crying, Persuasion techniques, Metaphors referring to animals, English phrases, English-language idioms
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crocodile tears  Croc tear  Crocodile tear  superficial sympathy  Weeping crocodile
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A hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping WordNet 3.0
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A hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Crocodile tears, or superficial sympathy, is a false, insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief. Wikipedia
False or insincere displays of emotion. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Phrase Wikidata
A display of tears that is forced or false. OmegaWiki
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The secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager's dilemma WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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hypocrisy
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NAMED AFTER
Crocodylia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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crocodile tears
Wikipedia
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crocodile tears
Wikidata
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crocodile tears
OmegaWiki
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crocodile tears
Wikipedia Redirections
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Croc tear, Crocodile tear, superficial sympathy, Weeping crocodile
Wikidata Alias
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superficial sympathy

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