"duplicity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/, /dju-/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-duplicity.wav [Southern-England] Forms: duplicities [plural]
Etymology: From Latin duplicare (double). Equivalent to duplex + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|duplex|ity}} duplex + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} duplicity (countable and uncountable, plural duplicities)
  1. Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: duplicitous, dupe, double-cross Translations (intentional deceptiveness): двойственост (dvojstvenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), двуличие (dvuličie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), duplicitat [feminine] (Catalan), 表裡不一 (Chinese Mandarin), 表里不一 (biǎolǐbùyī) (Chinese Mandarin), 口是心非 (kǒushìxīnfēi) (Chinese Mandarin), dubbelspel (Dutch), dubbelhartigheid (Dutch), huichelarij (Dutch), kaksinaamaisuus (Finnish), duplicité [feminine] (French), double jeu [masculine] (French), Doppelspiel [neuter] (German), Doppelzüngigkeit [feminine] (German), Duplizität [feminine] (German), διπροσωπία (diprosopía) [feminine] (Greek), doppiezza [feminine] (Italian), 二枚舌 (nimaijita) (alt: にまいじた) (Japanese), 二心 (alt: にしん, nishin, ふたごころ, futakokoro) (Japanese), raurekatanga (Maori), dwulicowość [feminine] (Polish), duplicidade [feminine] (Portuguese), двули́чность (dvulíčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), двули́чие (dvulíčije) [neuter] (Russian), дво́йственность (dvójstvennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), duplicidad [feminine] (Spanish), düzenbazlık (Turkish), ikiyüzlülük (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "nl",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
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          "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
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      "roman": "dvojstvenost",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "word": "表裡不一"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "biǎolǐbùyī",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǒushìxīnfēi",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "word": "口是心非"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "word": "dubbelspel"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "word": "kaksinaamaisuus"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "duplicité"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Doppelspiel"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Duplizität"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diprosopía",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διπροσωπία"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doppiezza"
    },
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      "alt": "にまいじた",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nimaijita",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "word": "二枚舌"
    },
    {
      "alt": "にしん, nishin, ふたごころ, futakokoro",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "word": "二心"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "word": "raurekatanga"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dwulicowość"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "duplicidade"
    },
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      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
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      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "duplicidad"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
      "word": "düzenbazlık"
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      "sense": "intentional deceptiveness",
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