two-facedness
Saying one thing
Two-facedness is the quality of being deceitful or hypocritical—presenting different faces to different people.
Someone displaying two-facedness acts friendly to your face while speaking ill of you behind your back: Her two-facedness became obvious when I overheard what she told the others.
The term emphasizes deliberate duplicity rather than mere inconsistency.
Deceptive practice of betrayal
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
dishonesty · falsehood · guile · insincerity · manipulation · untrustworthiness · underhandedness · scheming
Deceptive outward show
- sanctimonyFeigned moral superiority
- phoninessQuality of being insincere
- double standardsJudging others differently than yourself
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
cant · lip service · posturing · affectedness · sham · tartuffery · moral superiority · holier-than-thou
Face-worn concealment
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- guiseExternal manner shown
- frontForward-facing side
- charadeAbsurd or obvious pretense
masquerade · false front · veneer · smokescreen · cover-up · dissemblance · concealment · surface
double-dealing
Deceptive practice of betrayal
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
deceit · dishonesty · falsehood · guile · insincerity · manipulation · untrustworthiness · underhandedness · scheming · fraud
pretense
Deceptive outward show
- sanctimonyFeigned moral superiority
- phoninessQuality of being insincere
- double standardsJudging others differently than yourself
insincerity · cant · lip service · posturing · affectedness · sham · tartuffery · moral superiority · holier-than-thou · self-righteousness
mask
Face-worn concealment
charade · masquerade · false front · veneer · smokescreen · cover-up · dissemblance · concealment · surface · deceptive appearance
two-facednesssincerity
Honest, unfeigned genuineness
genuineness · authenticity · honesty · candor · frankness
two-facednessintegrity
Moral soundness and consistency
honesty · probity · truthfulness · uprightness · rectitude
two-facednessloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
faithfulness · steadfastness · constancy · trustworthiness · fidelity