duplicity

English

Etymology

From Latin duplicare (double).

Noun

duplicity (countable and uncountable, plural duplicities)

Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.

Related terms

duplicitous

Translations

intentional deceptiveness

Bulgarian: двойственост (bg) f (dvojstvenost), двуличие (bg) n (dvuličie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 表裡不一 (zh), 表里不一 (zh) (biǎolǐbùyī), 口是心非 (zh) (kǒushìxīnfēi)
Dutch: dubbelspel (nl), dubbelhartigheid, huichelarij (nl)
Finnish: kaksinaamaisuus (fi)
French: duplicité (fr) f, double jeu (fr) m
German: Doppelspiel n, Doppelzüngigkeit f, Duplizität (de) f

Greek: διπροσωπία (el) f (diprosopía)
Japanese: 二枚舌 (にまいじた, nimaijita), 二心 (にしん, nishin, ふたごころ, futakokoro)
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)

See also

double-cross

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