dissimulation

Noun
Synonyms: deceptiondeceitdissembling

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the act of deceivingSynonyms: deceptiondeceitdissembling
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

dissimulation \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. [1913 Webster]

Let love be without dissimulation. --Rom. xii. 9. [1913 Webster]

Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]

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