two-facedness

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Noun
  • Independents said the worst thing about Republicans was their loyalty to Trump (10%), perceptions of corruption and self-enrichment (8%), dishonesty, hypocrisy or immorality (7%), a lack of concern for ordinary people or cruelty (6%), and ineffective and weak or unqualified leadership (5%).
    Emily Guskin, ABC News, 27 May 2026
  • Twenty years ago, sticking with the education example, the internet ramped up dishonesty.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Noun
  • And that is an interesting American hypocrisy.
    Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2026
  • The lawlessness, corruption, hypocrisy and plain old evil coming out of the White House these days is astounding and overwhelming.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • But in a further deception orchestrated by the Devil, the king’s mother is ordered to kill the queen and her child.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • Red-team against deliberate deception, not just natural variability.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The shows tackle stories about murder, deceit, grief, familial estrangement, presidential assassinations, and complex mental health diagnoses — and all have found captive audiences on the streamer over the last year.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 May 2026
  • In each new place, Charlie pretends to be Layla, hoping to ensnare an unsuspecting Stanley into his web of deceit.
    Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • For some of King’s followers, her double-dealing also is difficult to let go.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • If the landing had been faked, the Soviets would have figured it out and would have loved to reveal to the world America’s perfidy.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026
  • Years ago, during his first term, Trump was lamenting the perfidy of his first Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, the former Alabama senator.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 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
  • Beyond the deceptiveness of the narrow material view, spiritual light and hope are always present to be found and felt.
    Sue Brightman, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • It was made that much worse when several cast members laughed at her insincerity and Maddi Reese interrupted it several times because there was a stray cat nearby that terrified her.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • 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
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“Two-facedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two-facedness. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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