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duplicity (noun)

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  • duplicity — ► NOUN ▪ deceitfulness …   English terms dictionary

  • duplicity — du·plic·i·ty /dü pli sə tē, dyü / n pl ties [Late Latin duplicitat duplicitas duality, double dealing, from Latin duplex twofold] 1: the use of deceptive words or actions 2: the use of more than one claim, allegation, or defense in a single… …   Law dictionary

  • duplicity — du‧plic‧i‧ty [djuːˈplɪsti ǁ duː ] noun [uncountable] formal dishonest behaviour that is intended to deceive someone: • She accused him of duplicity in the negotiations. duplicitous adjective …   Financial and business terms

  • duplicity — early 15c., from O.Fr. duplicite (13c.), from L.L. duplicitatem (nom. duplicitas) doubleness, in M.L. ambiguity, noun of quality from duplex (gen. duplicis) twofold. The notion is of being double in one s conduct (Cf. Gk. diploos treacherous,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • duplicity — noun he got caught up in the duplicity of his crooked partners Syn: deceitfulness, deceit, deception, double dealing, underhandedness, dishonesty, fraud, fraudulence, sharp practice, chicanery, trickery, subterfuge, skulduggery, treachery;… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • duplicity theory — noun or duplicity principle : a theory in physiology: the normal retina in man and other vertebrates contains a dual receptor mechanism consisting of (1) organs of achromatic low intensity vision and (2) organs of chromatic high intensity vision… …   Useful english dictionary

  • duplicity principle — noun see duplicity theory …   Useful english dictionary

  • duplicity — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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

  • duplicity — noun (U) formal dishonest behaviour that is intended to deceive someone duplicitous adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • duplicity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. double dealing, two facedness, treachery, deceitfulness, fraud, guile, hypocrisy. See falsehood, improbity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. double dealing, deceit, dishonesty; see deception 1 , dishonesty ,… …   English dictionary for students

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