two-facedness

Definition of two-facednessnext

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Noun
  • There’s no dishonesty in anything that [Quentin] writes or how people talk, feel or speak [in his movies].
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Ayala had previously faced claims of lying and excessive force but was not placed on a Milwaukee County District Attorney's list of officers with a history of dishonesty, bias or integrity concerns until recently.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The hypocrisy is especially rank as RFK pushes the Food and Drug Administration to loosen restrictions on peptides, an experimental fad among wellness influencers who scorn traditional medicine.
    Editorial Board, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The centuries-old pot-kettle idiom points out hypocrisy — as when one person accuses another of a flaw that afflicts himself.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • As with Lavrov, Taras’ journey out was perilous, involving some deception and a huge amount of courage.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
  • So, while Massachusetts was accusing Exxon of climate deception, the state was also fighting a records request that exposed its own failure to comply with one of its own climate rules.
    Paul Diego Craney, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The federal government has accused Bien-Amie of spinning a decades-long web of deceit involving multiple identities — and wives — to gain a green card and later American citizenship.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • They are all caught in a web of deceit and revenge.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But that rhetoric sounded hollow in the face of its dalliance with a drug-smuggling double-dealing despot like Noriega.
    Time, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Any time there is a crisis in Iran, the 1953 British-American coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh is dusted off as Exhibit A in the case against Western perfidy.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But the mayor’s dramatic tale of his predecessor’s fiscal fiddling was designed with a clear political agenda in mind: both to underline the magnitude of the problem and to identify the villains responsible for this perfidy.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Allen’s combo of flip insincerity and kindly concern is a terrific treat, recalling Bill Murray at his doofy best.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
  • In an era of skepticism, audiences quickly detect insincerity.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Two-facedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two-facedness. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.

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