For example, if an introvert says they never go to parties, but then attends one, would you call them a hypocrite? Or if a person says their favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla (really, vanilla?) but then eats chocolate, what about this? So, to determine whether someone is really being a hypocrite, you have to determine whether they hold an “evaluative standard” on the topic. A famous way to describe hypocrisy is “not practicing what you preach.” An evaluative standard, then, is this “preaching.”