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Synonyms for duplicity

Grammar : Noun
Spell : doo-plis-i-tee, dyoo-
Phonetic Transcription : duˈplɪs ɪ ti, dyu-

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Définition of duplicity

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French duplicite (13c.), from Late Latin duplicitatem (nominative duplicitas) "doubleness," in Medieval Latin "ambiguity," noun of quality from duplex (genitive duplicis) "twofold." The notion is of being "double" in one's conduct (cf. Greek diploos "treacherous, double-minded," literally "twofold, double").
  • noun deception
Example sentences :
  • This perpetual atmosphere of duplicity was positively distasteful.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • He was irritated, too, by a suspicion of duplicity in the members of the force.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Here was a man after his own heart, which loved intrigue and duplicity.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • But Cunningham's duplicity had more and closer folds than his own.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But the concealment, the lying and duplicity, these cannot be pardoned until they have been confessed.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • Say it could be done by any arts of cunning or duplicity, what then?
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • At his meeting with Pete he realised for the first time to what depths his duplicity had degraded him.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The consciousness of his own inferiority, his own duplicity, made him hate Pete.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Its duplicity is such that it will deceive a scientific instrument.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of the Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • All that he had seen of life was duplicity, falsehood, selfishness, and treachery.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Antonyms for duplicity

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