dissemblance
1 of 2noun (1)
dis·semblance
də̇semblən(t)s
: lack of resemblance : dissimilitude
dissemblance
2 of 2noun (2)
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: the act or the art of dissembling : dissimulation
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Middle French dessemblance, from dessembler to be unlike (from des- dis- entry 1 + -sembler, as in resembler to resemble) + -ance
Noun (2)
dissemble + -ance