Doubleness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Doubleness is a noun meaning The state of being double or doubled.
Meaning
The state of being double or doubled.
More Meanings
- Behaviour intended to deceive people.
Example Sentences
If you think well to carry this as you may, the doubleness of the benefit defends the deceit from reproof.
It is clear to you, I hope, that Stephen was not a hypocrite—capable of deliberate doubleness for a selfish end; […]
I plummeted down [the ski hill] past the zigzaggers, the students, the experts, through year after year of doubleness and smiles and compromise, into my own past.
But if it be a vice to coulour craftinesse, subtile practises, doublenesse and hollow behauiour, with a cloke of pollicie, amitie and wisedome, then are Comineus and his companie to be reputed vicious.
Word Forms
- doublenesses
Synonyms for doubleness
Depending on context, synonyms include double-dealing, duplicity, insincerity.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include twoness, dualism, doubletness, duplicacy, self-duality, duality.
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