duplicitynoun [ U ]
uk/dʒuˈplɪs.ə.ti/us/duːˈplɪs.ə.t̬i/formaldishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people:
They were accused of duplicity in their dealings with both sides.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- artifice
- bad faith
- be a pack of lies idiom
- canard
- charade
- cobbler
- forked tongue
- half-truth
- hogwash
- humbug
- hypocrisy
- make sth up
- polygraph
- pork pie
- porky
- post-factual
- post-truth
- propaganda
- stretch the truth idiom
- venal
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