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English
Etymology
From Latin duplicare (double). Equivalent to duplex + -ity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/, /dju-/
Noun
duplicity (countable and uncountable, plural duplicities)
- Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
- The quality of being double or twofold.
1982, H. B. Barlow, J. D. Mollon, Senses, page 104:For instance the rod-cone 'duplicity' of retinal function was first enunciated by the German microscopist Max Schultze in 1866
Translations
intentional deceptiveness
- Bulgarian: двойственост (bg) f (dvojstvenost), двуличие (bg) n (dvuličie)
- Catalan: duplicitat f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 表裡不一 / 表里不一 (zh) (biǎolǐbùyī), 口是心非 (zh) (kǒushìxīnfēi)
- Dutch: dubbelspel (nl), dubbelhartigheid (nl), huichelarij (nl)
- Finnish: kaksinaamaisuus (fi)
- French: duplicité (fr) f, double jeu (fr) m
- German: Doppelspiel (de) n, Doppelzüngigkeit f, Duplizität (de) f
- Greek: διπροσωπία (el) f (diprosopía)
- Italian: doppiezza (it) f
- Japanese: 二枚舌 (ja) (にまいじた, nimaijita), 二心 (ja) (にしん, nishin, ふたごころ, futakokoro)
- Maori: raurekatanga
- Polish: dwulicowość (pl) f
- Portuguese: duplicidade (pt) f
- Russian: двули́чность (ru) f (dvulíčnostʹ), двули́чие (ru) n (dvulíčije), дво́йственность (ru) f (dvójstvennostʹ)
- Spanish: duplicidad (es) f
- Turkish: düzenbazlık (tr), ikiyüzlülük (tr)
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