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duplicity vs dissimulation

dissimulation vs duplicity

duplicity and dissimulation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
duplicity Yes No No No
dissimulation Yes No No No
As nouns, dissimulation is a hypernym of duplicity; that is, dissimulation is a word with a broader meaning than duplicity:
  • duplicity: acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
  • dissimulation: the act of deceiving
Other hypernyms of duplicity include deceit, deception, dissembling.
duplicity (noun) dissimulation (noun)
acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another the act of deceiving
a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
Difference between duplicity and dissimulation

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