duplicity

  • 31duplicity principle — noun see duplicity theory …

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  • 32duplicity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English duplicite, from Middle French, from Late Latin duplicitat , duplicitas, from Latin duplex Date: 15th century 1. contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action; especially the belying of …

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  • 33duplicity — /dooh plis i tee, dyooh /, n., pl. duplicities for 1. 1. 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.… …

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  • 34duplicity — noun Intentional deceptiveness; double dealing. See Also: duplicitous …

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  • 35duplicity — Synonyms and related words: Janus, Machiavellianism, ambidexterity, ambiguity, ambivalence, artfulness, artifice, bad faith, biformity, bifurcation, conjugation, craft, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, dichotomy, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty… …

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  • 36duplicity — du|plic|i|ty [dju:ˈplısıti US du: ] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: duplicité, from Latin duplex; DUPLEX] dishonest behaviour that is intended to deceive someone >duplicitous adj …

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  • 37duplicity — du|plic|i|ty [ du plısəti ] noun uncount FORMAL dishonest behavior that is intended to trick someone …

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  • 38duplicity — du·plic·i·ty || djuː plɪsÉ™tɪ n. deception; being two faced …

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  • 39duplicity — [dju: plɪsɪti, djʊ ] noun 1》 deceitfulness. 2》 archaic the quality of being double. Origin ME: from OFr. duplicite or late L. duplicitas, from L. duplic (see duplex) …

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  • 40duplicity — n. Dissimulation, chicanery, guile, deceit, deception, hypocrisy, circumvention, artifice, Machiavelism, double dealing, falseness, fraud, perfidy, dishonesty …

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