Dissembler

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who dissembles.

    "[T]he Earl vvas the vvorſe Philoſopher, being a great Reſenter and a vveak Diſſembler of the leaſt diſgrace: […]"

  2. 2
    a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives wordnet

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"[T]he Earl vvas the vvorſe Philoſopher, being a great Reſenter and a vveak Diſſembler of the leaſt diſgrace: […]"

Etymology

A modification of earlier dissimuler (from Middle English dissimulour) after resemble and semblance; equivalent to dissemble + -er.

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