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duplicity

/duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/

duplicity noun: intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.

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Noun

duplicity (countable and uncountable, plural duplicities)

  1. Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
  2. The quality of being double or twofold.
    • For instance the rod-cone 'duplicity' of retinal function was first enunciated by the German microscopist Max Schultze in 1866 […]1982, H. B. Barlow, J. D. Mollon, Senses, page 104

duplicity meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

duplicity in Tamil

இரண்டகம், ஏமாற்றல், வஞ்சகம்

duplicity in Urdu

دغل فصل, دورنگی, دوغلا پن, جل, منافقت

duplicity in Bengali

কপটতা, দ্বিমুখী আচরণ

duplicity in Malayalam

നേരുകേട്, കാപട്യം, തട്ടിപ്പ്, വഞ്ചന
More languagesFewer languages
duplicity in Kannada
ಮೋಸ, ವಂಚನೆ, ಠಕ್ಕು, ಇಬ್ಬಗೆಯ ನಡವಳಿಕೆ
duplicity in Punjabi
ਧੋਖਾ dhokhā
duplicity in Sanskrit
माया māyā́

Forms of duplicity

pluralduplicities

Origin of duplicity

From Latin duplicare (double). Equivalent to duplex + -ity.

Questions about duplicity

What does duplicity mean?
Duplicity means intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
What is duplicity in Tamil?
Duplicity in Tamil is இரண்டகம், ஏமாற்றல், வஞ்சகம். See Duplicity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is duplicity?
Duplicity is a noun.
How do you pronounce duplicity?
Duplicity is pronounced /duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/.
What is the plural of duplicity?
The plural of duplicity is duplicities.

Words near duplicity in the dictionary

  1. duplicities
  2. duplicitness
  3. duplicitous
  4. duplicitously
  5. duplicitousness
  6. duplicity
  7. duplicon
  8. duplicone
  9. duplicones
  10. duplicons
  11. duplies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: duplicity (page history and authors); duplicity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); duplicity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Duplicity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); duplicity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); duplicity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਧੋਖਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); माया (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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