PERFIDY Definition & Meaning

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perfidy

[ pur-fi-dee ]

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noun

plural perfidies.

deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery:
perfidy that goes unpunished.
an act or instance of faithlessness or treachery.

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noun

a perfidious act

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of perfidy¹

1585–95; < Latin perfidia faithlessness, equivalent to perfid ( us ) faithless, literally, through (i.e., beyond the limits of ) faith ( per- per- + fid ( ŧ�� ) faith + -us adj. suffix) + -ia -y ³

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of perfidy¹

C16: from Latin perfidia, from perfidus faithless, from per beyond + fidŧ�� faith

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Synonym Study

See disloyalty.

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Vintage Trump, complete with all the props: The ranting about the Democrats’ supposed perfidies, the proclamation of a new Golden Age and the adoring families of the victims of violence perpetrated by undocumented migrants.

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The state prosecutors and attorney generals would supposedly be a heroic firewall and last line of defense against Donald Trump and his perfidy.

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Trump’s perfidy aside, no one has forgotten Trump’s campaign mantra that ‘illegals’ were stealing American jobs, murdering Americans and eating their pets.

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If Trump’s perfidy on the economy is galling, his lies about immigration are criminal.

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Trump has refused in recent interviews to commit to accepting the results in November; since the sore loser still doesn’t concede his 2020 defeat, his antidemocratic perfidy about 2024 doesn’t surprise.

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