dissimulation
2
9.8
- noun
- /ˌdɪsɪmjuˈleɪʃən/
:
disimulación
- She engaged in dissimulation to hide her true feelings from her friend.
- false dissimulation
There is dissimulation everywhere under a coercive regime, she says, quoting Fourier.
- There is dissimulation everywhere under a coercive regime, she says, quoting Fourier.
- So these these very laws of nature or concepts are themselves forms of dissimulation, and that is what the intellect does best.
Examples
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His constant dissimulation made it hard for anyone to trust him.
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The politician's dissimulation was evident when he spoke about his opponent.
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Let us look briefly at some of these dissimulation strategies.
Academic text (2000) -
For the German Jews, however, there was no delay and little dissimulation.
Academic text (1999) -
When you show them countless examples, they say that they are all engaged in religious dissimulation.
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It's all about dissimulation and hiddenness.
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Yet Hickey's life of dissimulation does him in.
Academic text (1999) -
Iranians practice dissimulation to the same extent as their Russian and Chinese allies.
Blog text (7) -
You should have seen how wisely I proceeded, and with what caution, with what foresight, with what dissimulation I went to work.
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Instead, you resort to dissimulation, dodging, changing the subject, answering a question with another question, and ad hominems.
Blog text (24)
Synonyms
201
2.7
Being where other people cannot find you to stay safe
165
4.4
Keeping information hidden from other people
163
3.9
An action that makes someone believe something not true
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4.6
Dishonest action meant to trick someone
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5.0
Keeping something hidden or secret
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9.9
Hiding your true feelings or intentions by pretending
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5.3
An act of hiding something so people do not know about it
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8.2
Something that stops you from seeing or understanding
To hide your true feelings or intentions from other people
Being secret so other people do not know about it
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
dissimulation = dissimulate (semi-transparent) = dis + simulate + ion
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix to 'dissimulate'; the structural relation is regular, but the relation of 'dis-' + 'simulate' to the meaning 'to conceal' is not a straightforward negation and may confuse learners.
Etymology
The word dissimulation comes from the Latin word dissimulare, made of dis- and simulare, and it shares the same root as simulate, which means 'to pretend'. So, dissimulation is hiding your real thoughts or feelings by pretending.