doubleness

American  

[duhb-uhl-nis] / ˈdʌb əl nɪs /

noun

1. the quality or condition of being double.

2. deception or dissimulation.

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Etymology

Origin of doubleness

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at double, -ness

Example Sentences

That last sentence is typical of the book’s attempt to hold on to the statesman’s and city’s doubleness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The band’s latest album carries the hard-earned knowledge of age and the strange doubleness of feeling both young and old, like “18-year-old software on 50-year-old hardware,” as Anderson puts it.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

But the seeds of it, I think, were in that very doubleness which made it so powerful.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2022

There’s a special heartbreak that arises from the doubleness of someone’s being here but not here.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021

It’s the matching bedspreads, the night tables, the lamps, the bureaus, the doubleness of everything in their room, that gives me this impression.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood