Synonyms for dissimulation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-sim-yuh-ley-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˌsɪm yəˈleɪ ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for dissimulation

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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

Antonyms for dissimulation

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