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Duplicity

//duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another wordnet
  3. 3
    The quality of being double or twofold. countable, uncountable

    "For instance the rod-cone 'duplicity' of retinal function was first enunciated by the German microscopist Max Schultze in 1866 […]"

  4. 4
    a fraudulent or duplicitous representation wordnet

Etymology

From Latin duplicare (double). Equivalent to duplex + -ity.

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