doubleness
State of being paired
Doubleness is the quality of being double or twofold.
It can describe physical duality—the doubleness of a reflection—or psychological complexity: the doubleness of human nature.
The word often suggests duplicity or deceit, implying someone presents one face while concealing another: There was a doubleness in his character that made her uneasy.
Consisting of two parts
- pairTwo matching things
- twinOne of matched pair
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
polarity · complementarity · yin-yang · bifurcation · dyad · bilateral · twoness · bipartite
Reflective viewing surface
- imageVisual or mental likeness
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
symmetry · echo · shadow · doppelganger · twin · counterpart · parallel · correspondence
Deliberate violation of trust
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
- falsenessAbsence of truth
- two-facedInsincere and deceptive
hypocrisy · dishonesty · betrayal · pretense · guile · cunning · fraud · dissembling
Uncertain in meaning
- ambiguousHaving multiple interpretations
- unclearNot easily understood
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- polysemousHaving multiple meanings
equivocation · uncertainty · ambivalence · vagueness · indeterminacy · wordplay · semantic · nuance
Opposing claims, incompatible together
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- antinomyContradiction between valid conclusions
- oxymoronSelf-contradicting phrase device
- conflictOpposition between parties
irony · absurdity · paradoxical · counterintuitive · self-contradiction · tension · incongruity · anomaly
binary
Consisting of two parts
dualism · polarity · complementarity · yin-yang · bifurcation · dyad · bilateral · twoness · bipartite · duplex
mirror
Reflective viewing surface
likeness · symmetry · echo · shadow · doppelganger · twin · counterpart · parallel · correspondence · mirroring
treachery
Deliberate violation of trust
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
- falsenessAbsence of truth
two-faced · hypocrisy · dishonesty · betrayal · pretense · guile · cunning · fraud · dissembling · perfidy
equivocal
Uncertain in meaning
polysemous · equivocation · uncertainty · ambivalence · vagueness · indeterminacy · wordplay · semantic · nuance · connotation
contradiction
Opposing claims, incompatible together
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- antinomyContradiction between valid conclusions
- oxymoronSelf-contradicting phrase device
conflict · irony · absurdity · paradoxical · counterintuitive · self-contradiction · tension · incongruity · anomaly · discrepancy
doublenesssingularity
Point where values explode
singleness · oneness · unity · wholeness · indivisibility
doublenesssincerity
Honest, unfeigned genuineness
straightforwardness · single-mindedness · honesty · authenticity · genuineness
doublenessunity
Wholeness through cohesion
oneness · wholeness · indivisibility · undividedness · integrity
double, duplicate, doubled, doubling, duplicity, doubles, double-cross, redouble, doublet