Noun
An existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues.
Superman lives a double life as a superhero and as the reporter Clark Kent.
The hidden, or more unusual, aspect of a person's life.
She was devastated to find out her husband had been living a double life as a cross-dresser.
Working mothers' laughter comes hardest when our double life is revealed for what it is: a juggling act in which the balls can drop at any time, invariably on our own head. Allison Pearson
What is scandal? Scandal is saying one thing and doing another; it is a double life, a double life. Pope Francis
When I'm writing a novel, I'm dealing with a double life. I live in the present at the same time that I live in the past with my characters. It is this that makes a novelist so eccentric and unpleasant. John P. Marquand
My parents led this double life. They were in the underground movement to bring down the Nazis. My father was hanged for being a traitor. Veruschka von Lehndorff
Well, I live a double life. Tonight, I'll escort you to dinner. Then I have to rush home and finish my calculus homework.' 'You're not joking, are you?' 'I never joke about calculus homework. Rick Riordan
The Double Life of Liliane is a triumph of autobiographical metafiction, with photos, genealogical digressions and historical allusions as background to a young woman's complex path toward maturity. Source: Internet