duplicity
noun
deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing.
duplicities
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pluralof duplicity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Through their eyes, this thoughtful and deeply humane novel exposes some of the contradictions and quiet duplicities of ordinary life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
He led us through the hallways of our insane asylums, the passions and duplicities our courtrooms, and into the blur of flying hair, free love, tie-dye and peace signs that marked our 1960s antiwar protests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2018
Nguyen leaves us with a harrowing vision of the sprawling tragedies of wartime, and of the moral duplicities of which we are capable.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
You could guess le Carré believes that the betrayals and duplicities throughout his 23 books are an integral part of human nature and likely to remain so.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2016
These transformations of character, these curious duplicities, and now this lie.
From Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain by Orson Lowell
