Dissemblance

//dɪˈsɛmbləns// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act of dissembling. countable, usually

    "Such dissemblance, at any rate, is not a temptation at this exhibition."

  2. 2
    Dissembling, as a kind of behavior; dissembling, generally. uncountable, usually

    "With Mae West, coquettish dissemblance was out; womanly seductiveness was in."

  3. 3
    Dissimilarity, unlikeness. countable, usually

    "As this latter animal [the sperm whale] is quite one-third head, he has no very great dissemblance to the alligator in this particular."

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differenceconcealmentdissimulationindirectnessactingaffectation

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