每日一词 duplicity

【每日一词 duplicity】duplicity - n. dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people 口是心非；表里不一；不诚实;欺骗;（尤指）搞两面派

Definition: n.
1: contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
the simplicity and openness of their lives brought out for him the duplicity that lay at the bottom of ours —Mary Austin
especially : the belying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or action
2: the quality or state of being double or twofold
3: law : the technically incorrect use of two or more distinct items (such as claims, charges, or defenses) in a single legal action

Did you know?
We’ve all probably dealt with someone who acted a little two-faced—they said one thing and did another, for example, or they talked “from both sides of their mouth.” If such behavior has made you do a double take or left you feeling double-crossed, you may be single-minded in your quest to learn more about duplicity. Duplicity comes from a long line of “double” talk, starting with its Latin ancestor duplex, which means “double” or “twofold.” Duplex is also the source of the English word duplex (which can be a noun meaning “a two-family house” or an adjective meaning “double”), and it is the root of another term for doubling it up, duplicate.

Synonyms
artifice,cheating,cozenage,craft,crookery,cunning,,deceitfulness,dishonesty,dissembling,double-dealing,dupery,fakery,foxiness,fraud,guile

Example Sentences
1 He exposed the spy's duplicity.
2 we were lucky not to be taken in by his duplicity
3 The youths and teens areas are separated by 200 feet and on two different floor levels creating duplicity inefficiency and poor management of staff. —Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2023
4 The pair’s duplicity and alleged wrongdoings are distilled into mere headlines, in projection design by Peter Nigrini. —Naveen Kumar, Variety, 20 July 2023
5 Her brazen duplicity is probably what cost Lake the gubernatorial contest in November. —Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2023