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Synonyms for dissimulation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-sim-yuh-ley-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˌsɪm yəˈleɪ ʃən

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Définition of dissimulation

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French dissimulation (12c.), from Latin dissimulationem (nominative dissimulatio) "a disguising, concealment," noun of action from past participle stem of dissimulare "make unlike, conceal, disguise," from dis- "completely" + simulare "pretend, assume, simulate" (see simulation).
  • As in make-believe : noun unreality
  • As in mask : noun false face, cover
  • As in masquerade : noun disguise; social occasion for disguises
  • As in pretense : noun falsehood, affected show; cover
  • As in wile : noun cunning
  • As in pretending : noun feigning
  • As in camouflage : noun disguise
  • As in dissemblance : noun dissimilarity
  • As in pharisaism : noun hypocrisy
  • As in phoniness : noun hypocrisy
  • As in sanctimoniousness : noun hypocrisy
  • As in sanctimony : noun hypocrisy
  • As in shiftiness : noun deceit
  • As in tartuffery : noun hypocrisy
  • As in tergiversation : noun equivocation
  • As in two-facedness : noun hypocrisy
  • As in concealment : noun hiding, secrecy
  • As in cover-up : noun attempt to conceal embarrassing or scandalous information
  • As in deceit : noun practice of misleading
  • As in deception : noun misleading; being dishonest
  • As in disguise : noun covering, makeup for deception
  • As in duplicity : noun deception
  • As in equivocation : noun avoidance of an issue
  • As in falsehood : noun lie
  • As in guile : noun slyness, cleverness
  • As in hypocrisy : noun deceitfulness, pretense
  • As in imposition : noun deception
Example sentences :
  • Whatever have been his errors, he never stooped to dissimulation.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I hope you do not accuse me of lying or of any other dissimulation.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • She therefore has to be more skillful in the art of dissimulation.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • If my doubts are well founded, he must be an adept in the art of dissimulation.
  • Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
  • Dreadful limits are set in nature to the powers of dissimulation.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Here again the dissimulation was as effective as it was simple.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Hence a whole world of falsehood and dissimulation was fostered.
  • Extract from : « St. Patrick's Eve » by Charles James Lever
  • They were dark and secret in their behaviour, and practised guile and dissimulation.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • Oh, I know you have plenty of authority for your dissimulation.
  • Extract from : « Dulcibel » by Henry Peterson
  • The canon, experienced though he was in dissimulation, could not conceal his joy.
  • Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos

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