two-facedness

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Noun
  • Next to them the cynicism and dishonesty of Alan Simpson will be placed in sharp contrast.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • They are made up, defamatory fiction, and a big price should be paid for this blatant dishonesty.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The reports were met with ridicule and frustration from Reddit users, many of whom branded Musk's attempt to suppress the conversation as hypocrisy, given Musk's previous commitment to free speech.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But one of the most egregious is the dizzying hypocrisy shown by several members of the chat, including Hegseth, Rubio, and Waltz.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This capability to detect deception should be a warning to everyone who relies on AI for critical thinking tasks.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Not only do language barriers complicate your talking with her parents, but the deception has already begun — this girl has been regularly visiting your home under false pretenses.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As part of a review of the unit, police officials wrote that Brown, the detective assigned to the Shores case, did not investigate it for more than a year and left behind signs of suspicious activity or possible deceit.
    Ian Cummings, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
  • When confronted, deceit turns their romantic evening into a darkly comedic nightmare.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Making his Broadway debut, Burr is a cyclone as the fast-talking, double-dealing Dave Moss, who springs a plan to steal the leads on his unwilling accomplice, George Aaronow (McKean, drolly exasperated).
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Mullen's righthand man, Roger Carlson (Jesse Plemons), was double-dealing with billionaire Robert Lyndon (Clark Gregg), who ultimately ordered a hit on him in Episode 4.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Jane’s fiercely unforgiving tone was adopted by militant Irish nationalists for whom the famine stood as the ultimate proof of English perfidy.
    Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Those intrepid few who still clung to the belief that American perfidy shielded Duke’s players from true justice just had the rug pulled out from under them by Mangum herself.
    The Editors, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Two-facedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two-facedness. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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