duplicity
/duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/ noun
Forms duplicities
- noun Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
- noun The quality of being double or twofold.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Latin duplicare (double). Equivalent to duplex + -ity.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Doubleness; a twofold state. [Archaic]
- noun Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith.
Etymology [F. duplicité, L. duplicitas, fr. duplex double. See Duplex.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “duplicity”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details