Synonyms for dissimulation
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : dih-sim-yuh-ley-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˌsɪm yəˈleɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for dissimulation Other synonyms for the word dissimulation
- act
- acting
- affectation
- air
- ambidexterity
- ambidextrousness
- ambiguity
- amphibology
- angle
- appearance
- artfulness
- artifice
- aspect
- bad faith
- beard
- beguilement
- bigotry
- blarney
- blind
- bluffing
- boondoggle
- burial
- canard
- cant
- carnival
- casuistry
- cheat
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- circumvention
- circus
- claim
- closeting
- color
- coloring
- con
- concealment
- contrivance
- cop out
- costume
- costume ball
- counterfeit
- counterfeiting
- cover
- cover-up
- covering
- coverup
- cozenage
- cozening
- craft
- craftiness
- cunning
- curtain
- deceit
- deceitfulness
- deception
- deceptive marking
- deceptiveness
- defraudation
- defrauding
- delusion
- device
- dirt
- dirty dealing
- dirty pool
- dirty trick
- dirty work
- disguise
- disguisement
- disguising
- dishonesty
- display
- dissemblance
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- distortion
- dodge
- domino
- double entendre
- double meaning
- double talk
- double-cross
- double-dealing
- doubtfulness
- dream
- dress
- dualism
- duality
- dumb act
- dupery
- duplicity
- entrapping
- equivocality
- equivocation
- equivoque
- erroneousness
- error
- euphemism
- evasion
- excuse
- fable
- fabrication
- facade
- face
- fairy tale
- faithlessness
- fakery
- faking
- fallaciousness
- fallacy
- false appearance
- false front
- false profession
- falseness
- falsification
- falsity
- fantasy
- fast one
- feigning
- feint
- festivity
- fib
- fibbery
- fibbing
- fiction
- fig leaf
- figment
- flimflam
- foul play
- fraud
- fraudulence
- front
- gag
- gambit
- game
- get-up
- gimmick
- glibness
- guise
- half truth
- hedge
- hedging
- hide-out
- hideaway
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- hogwash
- hokum
- hood
- horseplay
- hush-up
- hypocrisy
- illusion
- imagination
- impersonation
- imposition
- imposture
- insincerity
- invention
- irreverence
- jive
- Judas kiss
- juggling
- laundromat
- legerdemain
- lie
- line
- lip service
- little game
- lure
- lying
- make-believe
- maneuver
- Mardi Gras
- mask
- masked ball
- masking
- masquerade
- mimicry
- misrepresentation
- misstatement
- mockery
- monkey business
- monkeyshines
- mummery
- obliteration
- obscuration
- occultation
- one-upmanship
- ostentation
- overreaching
- pageant
- paint
- pen name
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- perjury
- personation
- pharisaicalness
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- pietism
- placing under wraps
- plain brown wrapper
- playacting
- plot
- ploy
- pose
- posing
- posture
- posturing
- pretense
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- pretext
- prevarication
- privacy
- protective coloring
- pseudonym
- put-on
- quackery
- quibbling routine
- racket
- red herring
- revel
- routine
- run-around
- ruse
- sanctimoniousness
- sanctimony
- scam
- scheming
- schtick
- screen
- seal of secrecy
- secretion
- sellout
- semblance
- setup
- shade
- sham
- shamming
- sharp practice
- shenanigans
- show
- shroud
- shuffle
- shuffling
- simulation
- skullduggery
- slant
- slyness
- smoke and mirrors
- smoke screen
- smoke-screen
- smokescreen
- snow job
- song
- song and dance
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- stab in back
- stab in the back
- stall
- stonewall
- story
- stratagem
- stunt
- subterfuge
- switch
- tale
- tall tale
- tartuffery
- tergiversation
- trapping
- treacherousness
- treachery
- treason
- trick
- trickery
- trickiness
- trumpery
- twist
- two-facedness
- two-timing
- twoness
- unctuousness
- underhandedness
- unlikeness
- untruism
- untruth
- untruthfulness
- veil
- veil of secrecy
- veneer
- visage
- visor
- waffle
- weasel word
- whitewash
- whopper
- wile
- wiliness
- window dressing
- wraps
- yarn
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
- 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
- advantage
- aid
- artlessness
- back
- benefit
- blessing
- certainty
- character
- clarity
- constancy
- directness
- disclosure
- divulgence
- existence
- exposition
- facing
- fact
- fairness
- faithfulness
- forthrightness
- frankness
- help
- honesty
- honor
- loyalty
- meeting
- naivety
- non-fiction
- openness
- personality
- profit
- quiet
- reality
- rear
- respect
- revelation
- righteousness
- showing
- simplicity
- sincerity
- stupidity
- substance
- surety
- telling
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- uprightness
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019