CEFR C1

duplicity

noun

Meaning

Deceitful doubleness in speech or action; the practice of pretending to have one set of motives while actually having another.

Examples

  • The politician was accused of duplicity for promising tax cuts while secretly planning increases.
  • Her duplicity was exposed when her conflicting statements to different colleagues came to light.

Synonyms: deceit, treachery, perfidy, chicanery