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Dissimulation

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception. countable, uncountable

    "Perhaps it was best to tell Ethel at once: if ever she went into society at all, she would inevitably hear of it, and her own concealment would have the appearance of a dissimulation,—the furthest from her thoughts."

  2. 2
    the act of deceiving wordnet
  3. 3
    Hiding one's feelings or intentions. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dissimulacioun, from Old French dissimulation, from Latin dissimulātiō; equivalent to dissimule + -ation.

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