duplicity means intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
Why this word is great
DUPLICITY — [Noun] Intentional deceptiveness in behavior or speech, the calculated practice of presenting two conflicting faces concerning the same matter. From the Late Latin duplicitās, from Latin duplex ("double, twofold"). Unlike "duality," which neutrally marks a state of two parts, or "hypocrisy," which specifically feigns virtue, duplicity is the cooler craft of sustained double-dealing. It is the smile held a beat too long while formulating the lie, the promise made in one room immediately undone by an instruction whispered in another, the shadow that moves independently of the figure casting it—a cold artistry that leaves the profound loneliness of knowing you are the only person who has ever met both of you.
noun
- Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
- 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 […]”