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单词 dissimulation
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Definition of dissimulation in English:

dissimulation

noun dɪˌsɪmjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)ndəˌsɪmjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretence.

    an attempt at dissimulation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Did I find in Grey's dissimulations an echo of my own?
    • Yes, it remains crucial that the power elite's obfuscations, dissimulations and inconsistencies be exposed.
    • Indeed, the play of dissimulation and deception reaffirms the truth about what we see.
    • They wanted an end to secrecy and the covering up of blunders, there was to be no dissimulation in producing policies, no more pretence that all was well when it clearly was not.
    • They used every trick in the book to justify the unjustifiable and the people saw through their lies, half truths and dissimulations.
    Synonyms
    pretence, dissembling, misrepresentation, deceit, dishonesty, duplicity, lying, guile, subterfuge, feigning, falsification, shamming, faking, bluff, bluffing, counterfeiting, posturing, hypocrisy, double-dealing
    concealment, concealing, masking, disguising, hiding, veiling, shrouding
    Irish informal codology
    informal kidology
  • 2rare count noun A flock of small birds.

    his audience consisted of a dissimulation of birds
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ducks, sparrows, pelicans-sketches and finished piecesmingled in the vast dissimulation of birds.
 
 

Definition of dissimulation in US English:

dissimulation

noundəˌsimyəˈlāSH(ə)ndəˌsɪmjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n
  • Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense.

    an attempt at dissimulation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They used every trick in the book to justify the unjustifiable and the people saw through their lies, half truths and dissimulations.
    • Indeed, the play of dissimulation and deception reaffirms the truth about what we see.
    • Yes, it remains crucial that the power elite's obfuscations, dissimulations and inconsistencies be exposed.
    • They wanted an end to secrecy and the covering up of blunders, there was to be no dissimulation in producing policies, no more pretence that all was well when it clearly was not.
    • Did I find in Grey's dissimulations an echo of my own?
    Synonyms
    pretence, dissembling, misrepresentation, deceit, dishonesty, duplicity, lying, guile, subterfuge, feigning, falsification, shamming, faking, bluff, bluffing, counterfeiting, posturing, hypocrisy, double-dealing
 
 
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