Noun: duplicity d(y)oo'pli-si-tee
- A fraudulent or duplicitous representation
"Her duplicity in maintaining two separate families was shocking";
- fraudulence
- Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
"His duplicity was exposed when his secret emails were leaked";
- double-dealing
Derived forms: duplicities
Type of: deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, misrepresentation
Encyclopedia: Duplicity