Dissembling

Synonyms for "dissembling" (62 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(7 words)

deceit dissimulation feigning pretense conceal deceitfulness deception

acting affectation appearance bluff color coloring

Strong matches (18)

Noun(5 words)

deceptive disguise duplicity feign feigned

delusion dissemblance evasive facade face fakeryfalse frontfalse showfalsity feint fraud front gilt

Related words (31)

gloss humbug imposture masquerade ostentation playacting pose posing pretension pretext representation seeming semblance sham show simulacrum simulation speciousness varnishwindow dressing

Noun(10 words)

hide hypocrisy hypocritical insincere insincerity mask misrepresent posture pretence pretend

Verb(1 words)

prevaricated

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

13 entries

behavioral traitcharacter traitconceal concealment deceit deceive deception dishonesty falsification mask misrepresentationpersonality traitpsychological trait

More specific

12 entries

disguise duplicity feign feignedness feigning insincerity mask masking misrepresent pose pretend pretense

Collocations

13 entries

act of dissemblingdissembling behaviordissembling expressiondissembling motivedissembling motivesdissembling politiciandissembling rhetoricdissembling tacticdissembling tacticsdissembling tonehabit of dissemblingpolitical dissemblingpublic dissembling

Inflections

5 entries

dissembled dissembles dissemblingsmore dissemblingmost dissembling

Derivations

4 entries

dissemblance dissemble dissembler dissemblingly

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The lies and dissemblings about this period are beyond most people's imaginations.

Source: wiktionary

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