There is also cognitive dissonance, or just inconsistency. As for hypocrisy, there is the old saying that it is the tribute that vice pays to virtue. We admire the saints but don’t have the will to imitate them.
“As for hypocrisy, there is the old saying that it is the tribute that vice pays to virtue. We admire the saints but don’t have the will to imitate them.”
Not having the will to imitate the saints is not hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is demanding that others imitate the saints while not requiring it of one’s self.