dissimulate
verb
dis·sim·u·late (ˌ)di-ˈsim-yə-ˌlāt 
dissimulated; dissimulating
transitive verb
: to hide under a false appearance
smiled to dissimulate her urgency
Alice Glenday
Alice Glendayintransitive verb
: dissemble
a politician's ability to dissimulate
dissimulation
(ˌ)di-ˌsim-yə-ˈlā-shən
noun dissimulator
(ˈ)di-ˈsim-yə-ˌlā-tər
noun 
Synonyms
- dissemble
- let on
- make out
- pretend
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Example Sentences
as an actress she had been trained to dissimulate, so she had no trouble hiding her true feelings offstage as well
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin dissimulatus, past participle of dissimulare, from dis- + simulare to simulate
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
dissimulation
noun
1
as in deception
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery got whatever she wanted through shameless dissimulation Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- deception
- deceit
- deceptiveness
- cunning
- fraud
- deceitfulness
- cheating
- duplicity
- lying
- dissembling
- dishonesty
- guile
- cozenage
- fakery
- secrecy
- craftiness
- cunningness
- double-dealing
- wiliness
- crookedness
- subterfuge
- artifice
- prevarication
- trickery
- fraudulence
- craft
- mendacity
- equivocation
- dupery
- crookery
- hypocrisy
- jugglery
- insincerity
- chicanery
- shrewdness
- foxiness
- artfulness
- swindling
- skulduggery
- legerdemain
- guilefulness
- falsehood
- deviousness
- covertness
- untruth
- skullduggery
- wile
- obliquity
- fib
- slyness
- caginess
- shiftiness
- furtiveness
- sneakiness
- unscrupulousness
- underhandedness
- falsity
- two-facedness
- sanctimoniousness
- chicane
- stealthiness
- slipperiness
- shadiness
- hanky-panky
- smoothness
- mountebankery
- cageyness
- treacherousness
- slickness
- oiliness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sincerity
- ingenuousness
- artlessness
- frankness
- guilelessness
- candor
- forthrightness
- openness
- directness
- plainness
- honesty
- probity
- candidness
- reliability
- trustworthiness
- truthfulness
- solidity
- righteousness
- integrity
- goodness
- dependability
- good faith
- virtuousness
- uprightness
- incorruptibility
- plainspokenness
- decency
- reliableness
- trustiness
- trustability
2
as in deceit
the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have teenagers indulging in dissimulation simply in order to be one of the in crowd Synonyms & Similar Words
- deception
- deceit
- deceptiveness
- affectation
- deceitfulness
- hypocrisy
- dissembling
- insincerity
- pretense
- pretension
- piousness
- dishonesty
- perfidy
- duplicity
- cant
- falseness
- shamming
- double-dealing
- fakery
- two-facedness
- affectedness
- falsity
- pretence
- artificiality
- sanctimoniousness
- glibness
- pretentiousness
- smoothness
- self-satisfaction
- self-righteousness
- fraudulentness
- unctuousness
- oiliness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sincerity
- frankness
- truthfulness
- candor
- genuineness
- honesty
- openness
- directness
- probity
- straightforwardness
- forthrightness
- artlessness
- sincereness
- naturalness
- guilelessness
- openheartedness
- unaffectedness