| He admired its art but was most, affected, and in fact discomfited, by its unblinking inventory of self-seeking and duplicity | Gray, The New Republic, 21 Apr |
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| Recent Examples on the Web To art world veterans, who associate anonymity with discretion, tradition and class, not duplicity, this siege on secrecy is an overreaction that will damage the market | Duplicity comes from a Latin word meaning "double" or "twofold," and its original meaning in English has to do with a kind of deception in which you intentionally hide your true feelings or intentions behind false words or actions |
2021 The site of his first news story as a foreign correspondent is Gorky Park, where the crash detritus is on display as evidence of American duplicity.
29| — Tobias Wolff, Old School, 2003 Did you know? Duplicity comes from a long line of "double" talk, starting with its Latin grandparent duplex, which means "double" or "twofold | ' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors |
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| This trick did not suggest duplicity or secretiveness… | — Willa Cather, My Antonia, 1918 Arch read it at breakfast the day it came out and again that night |
The word is found in many works of literature, including the Bible: The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.
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