According to Osho, hypocrisy is the split between your public mask and your inner reality—speaking virtues, performing prayers, or following ideals while your heart moves otherwise. It is born of repression and borrowed morality: living by 'shoulds' creates pretending. The antidote is awareness and authenticity—drop masks, stop imitation, act from present-centered consciousness so your thoughts, feelings, and deeds align.
It’s when someone acts good on the outside but hides different feelings or actions inside; being honest and aware stops that.