Duplicity

/duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/

Synonyms for "duplicity" (80 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Noun(2 words)

double-dealing deceit

ambidexterity ambiguity ambivalence artfulness artificebad faithbiformity bifurcation chicanery conjugation craft cunning deceit deceitfulness

Strong matches (24)

deception dichotomydirty pooldirty trickdirty workdishonesty dissemblance dissimulationdouble dealingdouble-dealing doublenessdoubleness of heartdoublethink doubling dualism duality duplexity duplication equivocality faithlessness

Noun(4 words)

dishonesty dissembling doubleness duality

Related words (40)

falseheartedness falsenessfoul playfraud furtiveness guile halving hocus-pocus hypocrisy improbity indirection insidiousness irony januslow cunninglying machiavellianism pairing perfidiousness perfidy

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polarity shiftinesssneak attacksneakiness stab surreptitiousness treacherousness treachery treason trickery twinning two-facedness twoness underhandedness wile

Noun(5 words)

fraudulence insincerity sliminess slyness treachery

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries

abstract qualityattributecharacter flawdeceit deception dissembling dissimulation misrepresentationmoral trait

More specific

4 entries

binarity fraudulence two-facedness twofoldness

Collocations

5 entries

degree of duplicitymoral duplicityperceived duplicitypolitical duplicitypublic duplicity

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

duplicitous duplicitously duplicitousness

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom is often accused of duplicity.

Source: tatoeba (9365588)

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

Source: wiktionary

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