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- Dictionaryduplicity/djʊˈplɪsɪti/
noun
- 1. deceitfulness: "he was accused of duplicity and branded a traitor"
- 2. the state of being double. archaic
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DUPLICITY definition: 1. dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people: 2. dishonest…. Learn more.
The meaning of DUPLICITY is contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action; especially : the belying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or action. How to use duplicity in a sentence. Did you know?
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. (djuːplɪsɪti , US duː- ) uncountable noun. If you accuse someone of duplicity, you mean that they are deceitful. [formal] Malcolm believed he was guilty of duplicity in his private dealings. Synonyms: deceit, fraud, deception, hypocrisy More Synonyms of duplicity. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Definition of duplicity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DUPLICITY meaning: 1. dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people: 2. dishonest…. Learn more.
1. a. Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech. b. An instance of deliberate deceptiveness; double-dealing. 2. The quality or state of being twofold or double. [Middle English duplicite, from Old French, from Late Latin duplicitās, doubleness, from Latin duplex, duplic-, twofold; see dwo- in Indo-European roots .]
duplicity meaning, definition, what is duplicity: dishonest behaviour that is intended to ...: Learn more.
deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing. 2. a twofold or double state or quality. SYNONYMS 1. deception, dissimulation. See deceit. ANTONYMS 1. straightforwardness. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
