to dissimulate
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9.5
- verb
- /ˌdɪsɪˈmjuːleɪt/
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disimular
- She had to dissimulate her fear during the interview to appear confident.
Some people are forced into conditions where they have to dissimulate.
- Some people are forced into conditions where they have to dissimulate.
- And there's all different ways in which we simulate or dissimulate things that we don't actually think or feel.
Examples
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Moreover, the father's theatrical way of handing Eveline money for household provisions each Saturday night serves precisely to dissimulate the fact that the money (like his name) comes from his children.
Academic text (2016) -
"To dissimulate is to pretend not to have what one has," he wrote.
Academic text (2007) -
To dissimulate the U.S. involvement will be clearly impossible.
Academic text (2003) -
And there's all different ways in which we simulate or dissimulate things that we don't actually think or feel.
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As a result, he occasionally engaged in rather inept attempts to dissimulate his strategy in a haze of geopolitical double-talk.
Academic text (1993) -
He tried to dissimulate his true feelings when he saw her again.
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In order to blend in, he learned to dissimulate his interest in the conversation.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To keep something so others cannot see or understand it
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3.7
To hide something so people cannot see or find out about it
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3.7
To hide something so others cannot see or find it
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7.2
Pretend to feel something, like surprise or interest, to trick other people
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5.0
To cover something so others cannot easily see or understand it
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4.6
To cover completely so it cannot be seen, often by water or strong feeling
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9.1
To hide true feelings or intentions by pretending to feel something else
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9.1
To avoid giving a direct answer to hide the truth
To hide your feelings so other people cannot see them
To try not to show that you are very happy in front of other people
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dissimulate comes from the parts dis- (meaning 'not' or 'away') and simulare (meaning 'to pretend'), the same root as simulate. So to dissimulate is to 'pretend' in a way that hides your true feelings or plans, like putting on a mask to cover what you really think.