English-Thai Dictionary

duplicity

N การ หลอกลวง  ความ ไม่ ซื่อตรง  การ ทรยศ  falseness infedelity treachery fidelity faithfulness kan-lok-lung

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DUPLICITY

n.[L., double. ] 1. Doubleness; the number two.
2. Doubleness of heart or speech; the act or practice of exhibiting a different or contrary conduct, or uttering different or contrary sentiments, at different times, in relation to the same thing; or the act of dissembling ones real opinions for the purpose of concealing them and misleading persons in the conversation and intercourse of life; double-dealing; dissimulation; deceit.
3. In law, duplicity is the pleading of two or more distinct matters or single pleas.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DUPLICITY

Du *plic "i *ty, n.; pl. Duplicities. Etym: [F. duplicité, L.duplicitas, fr. duplex double. See Duplex. ]

 

1. Doubleness; a twofold state. [Archaic ] Do not affect duplicities nor triplicities, nor any certain number of parts in your division of things. I. Watts.

 

2. Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith. Far from the duplicity wickedly charged on him, he acted his part with alacrity and resolution. Burke.

 

3. (Law ) (a ) The use of two or more distinct allegations or answers, where one is sufficient. Blackstone. (b ) In indictments, the union of two incompatible offenses. Wharton.

 

Syn. -- Double dealing; dissimulation; deceit; guile; deception; falsehood.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

duplicity

du plic i ty |d (y )o͞oˈplisitē d (j )uˈplɪsədi | ▶noun 1 deceitfulness; double-dealing. 2 archaic doubleness. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French duplicite or late Latin duplicitas, from Latin duplic- ‘twofold ’ (see duplex ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

duplicity

duplicity |djuːˈplɪsɪti, djʊ -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 deceitfulness: the president was accused of duplicity in his dealings with Congress. 2 archaic the state of being double. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French duplicite or late Latin duplicitas, from Latin duplic- ‘twofold ’ (see duplex ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

duplicity

duplicity noun he got caught up in the duplicity of his crooked partners: deceitfulness, deceit, deception, double-dealing, underhandedness, dishonesty, fraud, fraudulence, sharp practice, chicanery, trickery, subterfuge, skulduggery, treachery; informal crookedness, shadiness, dirty tricks, shenanigans, monkey business; literary perfidy. ANTONYMS honesty.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

duplicity

duplicity noun his conscience would not allow him to enter into duplicity: deceitfulness, deceit, deception, deviousness, two-facedness, double-dealing, underhandedness, dishonesty, falseness, falsity, fraud, fraudulence, sharp practice, swindling, cheating, chicanery, trickery, craft, guile, artifice, subterfuge, skulduggery, treachery, unfairness, unjustness, perfidy, improbity; informal crookedness, shadiness, foxiness, dirty tricks, shenanigans, monkey business, funny business, hanky-panky; Brit. informal jiggery-pokery; N. Amer. informal monkeyshines; Irish informal codology; archaic knavery, knavishness, management. ANTONYMS honesty.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

duplicity

du plic i ty /d j uplɪ́səti /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠(人を欺く )不正直な行為, 二枚舌, 二心 （ふたごころ ）.