dissimulation

Noun

Meaning

The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

deception deceit dissembling bluff front lying fraud simulation disguise cheating treachery cunning hypocrisy concealment falsehood

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Antonyms

attention aid communication benefit assistance contribution

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Hypernyms

misrepresentation falsification

Hyponyms

wile bluff chicane simulation illusion pretending

Examples

Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever. Arthur Schopenhauer

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation. Benjamin Disraeli

Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Dissimulation is the refuge of the slave. C. L. R. James

Truth at last cannot be hidden. Dissimulation is of no avail. Dissimulation is to no purpose before so great a judge. Falsehood puts on a mask. Nothing is hidden under the sun. Leonardo da Vinci

Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others. François de La Rochefoucauld

Close letter words and terms

dissimogram dissimulate dissimulatingly dissimulative dissimulator dissimulatress