- double-facedness
- doubˈle-faˈcedness /-sid-/ noun• • •Main Entry: ↑double
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double-facedness
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duplicity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. double dealing, two facedness, treachery, deceitfulness, fraud, guile, hypocrisy. See falsehood, improbity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. double dealing, deceit, dishonesty; see deception 1 , dishonesty ,… … English dictionary for students
duplicity — du·plic·i·ty /dü pli sə tē, dyü / n pl ties [Late Latin duplicitat duplicitas duality, double dealing, from Latin duplex twofold] 1: the use of deceptive words or actions 2: the use of more than one claim, allegation, or defense in a single… … Law dictionary
ambiguity — Synonyms and related words: Janus, ambivalence, amphibologism, amphibology, amphiboly, antinomy, asymmetry, biformity, bifurcation, cavil, conjugation, counterword, dichotomy, disproportion, disproportionateness, dodge, double entendre, double… … Moby Thesaurus
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treachery — Synonyms and related words: Machiavellianism, ambidexterity, artifice, bad faith, cunning, danger, deceitfulness, desultoriness, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, dishonesty, disloyalty, double cross, double dealing, doubleness, doubleness of… … Moby Thesaurus
