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Definitions for: Dissimulation [n] the act of deceiving
Webster (1913) Definition: Dis*sim`u*la"tion, n. [L. dissimulatio: cf. F.
dissimulation.]
The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance;
concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
Let love be without dissimulation. --Rom. xii. 9.
Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and
arguments that he is not that he is. --Bacon.
Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and
dissimulation a concealment of what is. --Tatler.
Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissembling
See Also: bluff, cheat, cheating, chicanery, delusion, double-dealing, duplicity, fakery, falsification, feigning, four flush, guile, head game, illusion, impersonation, imposture, indirection, misrepresentaation, obscurantism, pretence, pretending, pretense, shenanigan, simulation, trickery, wile
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