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duplicity
[ doo-plis-i-tee, dyoo- ]
noun
- deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing.
Synonyms: trickery, hypocrisy, guile, fraud, dissimulation, deception, deceit
Antonyms: straightforwardness, directness, candidness, honesty
- an act or instance of such deceitfulness.
- Law. the act or fact of including two or more offenses in one count, or charge, as part of an indictment, thus violating the requirement that each count contain only a single offense.
- the state or quality of having two elements or parts; being twofold or double.
duplicity
/ djuːˈplɪsɪtɪ /
noun
- deception; double-dealing
Derived Forms
- duˈplicitous, adjective
Other Words From
- non·du·plic·i·ty noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of duplicity1
Word History and Origins
Origin of duplicity1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Is behind-the-scenes duplicity, cloaked in coming-of-age business dilemma, the new norm for major-label moves?
But for a man who delighted in exposing hypocrisies, his relationship to Communism was riddled with duplicity.
His spineless duplicity confirms that the good guy is actually pretty much a louse.
It even escalates the discomfort and duplicity by magnitudes.
Palestinians and their sympathizers can point out the unscrupulous dishonesty and duplicity of the Israeli occupiers.
The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
This may be what Fordun has in view when he says that the duplicity of the English was at length laid bare.
Also, it has some of the elements of modern international diplomacy in its double-talk and duplicity.
He was not used to treading the quicksands of duplicity, and he felt himself sinking.
She could not condemn him for that, any more than she could forget her father's duplicity.
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