two-facedness

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Noun
  • But a glimpse at an earlier journalistic universe—newspapers in the era before social media—shows the dishonesty at the center of the project to treat the plain meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment as up for grabs.
    Lawrence Glickman, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Thankfully, there have finally been some consequences for treating their employers with disdain, dishonesty and contempt.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Balusters' In recent years, there has been no shortage of new shows skewering liberal hypocrisy and unchecked privilege.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 May 2026
  • And truth be told, there is hypocrisy on all sides.
    Jim DeFede, CBS News, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Fascist propaganda works by distraction and deception.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Flores must continue to utilize deception to apply pressure on the opposing quarterback.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There's everything from resentment to jealousy, favouritism, and deceit swirling around in a boiling-hot cauldron where fair is foul and foul is fair.
    Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 6 May 2026
  • There was no attorney named Susan Millan associated with Catholic Charities, and the deceit was just one example of hundreds that the group has become aware of when desperate immigrants eventually reach the real organization.
    Naisha Roy, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 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
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • 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 8 May. 2026.

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