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DUPLICITY definition: 1. dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people: 2. dishonest…. Learn more.
Duplicity is the quality or state of being double or twofold, especially in deception or dishonesty. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and legal usage of duplicity from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
DUPLICITY meaning: 1. dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people: 2. dishonest…. Learn more.
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.
Duplicity is from a Latin word meaning "twofold, having two parts." Someone who shows duplicity is two-faced — maybe showing one side in public and another in private — or is just a liar, saying something known to be untrue or misleading.
Duplicity means deceitfulness or double-dealing in speech or conduct. Learn more about its word origin, usage, and related words from Collins Dictionary.
Duplicity is a noun that means dishonest behaviour that is intended to make somebody believe something that is not true. Learn how to pronounce, use and distinguish it from similar words like deceit with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
