Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
- noun An instance of deliberate deceptiveness; double-dealing.
- noun The quality or state of being twofold or double.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In biology, the division of a part of the body of an organism, such as a limb or a digit, into two equivalent parts which may be regarded as equivalent to normal single members.
- noun The state of being double; doubleness.
- noun Doubleness of heart or speech; the acting or speaking differently in relation to the same thing at different times or to different persons, with intention to deceive; the practice of deception by means of dissimulation or double-dealing.
- noun In law, the pleading of two or more distinct matters together as if constituting but one.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic Doubleness; a twofold state.
- noun Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one set of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith.
- noun The use of two or more distinct allegations or answers, where one is sufficient.
- noun In indictments, the union of two incompatible offenses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Intentional deceptiveness ;double-dealing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
- noun acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"They know me! they are cautious!" muttered Sybil, biting her lips with suppressed fury; for their forbearance, which she called duplicity, enraged her more than all their flirting had done.
Cruel As The Grave Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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Dayton used the word "duplicity" in referring to the way stadium talks broke up Nov. 2 over Zellers' e-mail to Republican caucus members opposing a special session.
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The other Rebuplican duplicity is to label a piece of legislation opposite of it's intended purpose ( "Healthy Forest Initiative" = cut down the last of America's old-growth forest, "Clean Skies Initiative" = relax pollution laws, release more mercury, sulfer dioxide, etc.)
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In some circles that type of duplicity is called, hypocrisy!!!
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His duplicity is self evident in his own statements.
Obama: No ‘Wild Shifts in My Positions’ - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Folks, duplicity is equally hollow in the newspaper business as it is in politics.
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What they called duplicity was, ironically, my sincere effort at authenticity.
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But I think his duplicity is relevant to his character as someone who has built his career on exposing other's private lives.
05/19/2004 2004
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But I think his duplicity is relevant to his character as someone who has built his career on exposing other's private lives.
Drudge, who has been outed at least twice, runs anti-gay ad for Family Research Council 2004
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But I think his duplicity is relevant to his character as someone who has built his career on exposing other's private lives.
Drudge, who has been outed at least twice, runs anti-gay ad for Family Research Council 2004
babygirl592794 commented on the word duplicity
this is the most stupidest word ever.
September 21, 2011