doubleness

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Ms. Goldberg exposed the "problem of doubleness" that many Jews of Ashkenzai descent face: this tension between the economic privileges of whiteness and the social marginalization of being Jewish.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2022

As a man riddled with sympathy, riven with a nagging appreciation for all sides, he’s doomed to bewilderment, to irony, to a maddening sense of his own irreconcilable doubleness.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2021

No series captures this doubleness better than Garry Shandling’s “The Larry Sanders Show,” from back in the 20th century, a comedy set at a late-night talk show.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2020

I read “The Open Boat”, Stephen Crane’s gripping tale of survival at sea, Joseph Conrad’s haunting account of doubleness, “The Secret Sharer”, and Julio Cortázar’s ingenious Möbius strip of a story, “Continuity of Parks”.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2020

The curious thing was that the doubleness had disappeared and everything was single again; but there was no sign of Shadows.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman