Duplicity Definition

do͝o-plĭsĭ-tē, dyo͝o-
duplicities
noun
duplicities
Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
American Heritage
Hypocritical cunning or deception; double-dealing.
Webster's New World
The quality or state of being twofold or double.
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Other Word Forms of Duplicity

Noun

Singular:
duplicity
Plural:
duplicities

Origin of Duplicity

  • Middle English duplicite from Old French from Late Latin duplicitās doubleness from Latin duplex duplic- twofold dwo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Duplicity Sentence Examples

  • Why is so much of the media blinded by his obvious duplicity?

  • On many occasions, she'd seen the duplicity and cold manipulation he'd spoken of.

  • And amid the guilt and anxiety, I came to see that duplicity often shows itself forth in semblance of sincerity.

  • The emotion she displayed seemed to defy duplicity.

  • He felt strangely sorry for her, suddenly left alone by death, or perhaps duplicity.

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Words Starting With

DDUDUP

Words Ending With

YTYITY

Unscrambles

duplicity

Words Starting With D and Ending With Y

Starts With D & Ends With YStarts With DU & Ends With YStarts With D & Ends With TY

Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With D9 Letter Words Ending With Y