word | duplicity |
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definition | Deception by pretending to feel and act one way while acting in another. |
eg_sentence | By the time Jackie's duplicity in the whole matter had come to light, she had left town, leaving no forwarding address. |
explanation | The Greek god Zeus often resorted to duplicity to get what he wanted, and most of the time what he wanted was some woman. His duplicity usually involved a disguise: he appeared to Leda as a swan, and to Europa as a bull. Sometimes he had to be duplicitous to get around his wife, Hera. After he had had his way with Io and was about to get caught, he turned her into a cow to avoid Hera's anger |
IPA | duˈplɪsɪti |
Tags: mwvb::unit:15, mwvb::unit:15:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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