Duplicity
noun
The act of being dishonest or deceitful.
His duplicity in the matter was soon revealed
Often appears as...
- reveal duplicity
- accuse of duplicity
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Disapproving
noun
The state of being two-faced or having two sides.
The duplicity of his answers made it hard to trust him
Often appears as...
- duplicity in nature
- contrasts with duplicity
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Disapproving
noun
The act of being dishonest or deceitful.
His duplicity in the matter was soon revealed
Often appears as...
- reveal duplicity
- accuse of duplicity
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The state of being two-faced or having two sides.
The duplicity of his answers made it hard to trust him
Often appears as...
- duplicity in nature
- contrasts with duplicity
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Duplicity implies a bad quality, similar to lying or betraying someone's trust.
She was hurt to discover the duplicity he employed to win the deal.
Pro Tip 2/3Cautious Usage
Use 'duplicity' in situations when someone intentionally hides the truth.
The politician's duplicity became apparent when his promises contradicted his actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Mistake
'Duplicity' is not the same as an honest mistake; it involves deliberate deceit.
It was not a simple error; it was pure duplicity.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Duplicity implies a bad quality, similar to lying or betraying someone's trust.
She was hurt to discover the duplicity he employed to win the deal.
Pro Tip 2/3Cautious Usage
Use 'duplicity' in situations when someone intentionally hides the truth.
The politician's duplicity became apparent when his promises contradicted his actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Mistake
'Duplicity' is not the same as an honest mistake; it involves deliberate deceit.
It was not a simple error; it was pure duplicity.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Duplicity implies a bad quality, similar to lying or betraying someone's trust.
She was hurt to discover the duplicity he employed to win the deal.
Pro Tip 2/3Cautious Usage
Use 'duplicity' in situations when someone intentionally hides the truth.
The politician's duplicity became apparent when his promises contradicted his actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Mistake
'Duplicity' is not the same as an honest mistake; it involves deliberate deceit.
It was not a simple error; it was pure duplicity.
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them that I am a repository of transnational conflict have you ever endured the duplicity of feeling like both victim and convict have you ever enjoy the shame of in a classroom mixing your words with your
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How Hip Hop taught my...
them that I am a repository of transnational conflict have you ever endured the duplicity of feeling like both victim and convict have you ever enjoy the shame of in a classroom mixing your words with your
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Quote examples
Karen DeCrow
American Activist
Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation.
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F. Sionil Jose
Filipino Writer
In a much larger sense, the problem of Sabah is directly influenced by the duplicity of imperial Britain. For whatever devious reason, the dismantling of the British empire created divisions and violence due to ethnic and religious differences.
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Mark Fisher
British Writer
Christopher Nolan's 'The Prestige' is an enthralling study of doubles, doubling and duplicity. Its twinned themes are obsession and the Secret: the Secret as objet-a, that which inspires, but which can never satisfy, obsession.
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George W. Romney
American Politician
Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear, violence and threats when they endanger liberty.
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Asma Jahangir
Pakistani Activist
Duplicity in matters of religion is not confined to Pakistan, but it hurts the most in societies where debate on religion is asphyxiated and preachers of hate have become keepers of faith.
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Claud Cockburn
British Journalist
A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow to resemble a wig.
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Tom Tancredo
American Politician
If voters' anger is the hallmark of the 2016 campaign, nothing has generated that anger as much as the establishment's decade-long duplicity on immigration.
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Charles Caleb Colton
English Writer
Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.
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Karen DeCrow
American Activist
Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation.
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F. Sionil Jose
Filipino Writer
In a much larger sense, the problem of Sabah is directly influenced by the duplicity of imperial Britain. For whatever devious reason, the dismantling of the British empire created divisions and violence due to ethnic and religious differences.
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Mark Fisher
British Writer
Christopher Nolan's 'The Prestige' is an enthralling study of doubles, doubling and duplicity. Its twinned themes are obsession and the Secret: the Secret as objet-a, that which inspires, but which can never satisfy, obsession.
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George W. Romney
American Politician
Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear, violence and threats when they endanger liberty.
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Asma Jahangir
Pakistani Activist
Duplicity in matters of religion is not confined to Pakistan, but it hurts the most in societies where debate on religion is asphyxiated and preachers of hate have become keepers of faith.
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Claud Cockburn
British Journalist
A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow to resemble a wig.
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Tom Tancredo
American Politician
If voters' anger is the hallmark of the 2016 campaign, nothing has generated that anger as much as the establishment's decade-long duplicity on immigration.
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Charles Caleb Colton
English Writer
Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.
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