| 单词 | dissimulation |
| 释义 | dissimulation (once / 3333 pages) n The noun dissimulation describes the act of faking your true feelings. Your dissimulation of happiness might fool strangers but your close friends can tell it's all an act. The word dissimulation implies that the wool is being pulled over someone's eyes, or they're being fooled or tricked by someone's deceit. The origin of dissimulation is the Latin dissimulationem, which means "a disguising or concealment." Don't confuse dissimulation with dissimilation, which describes the act of making something different or less similar. WORD FAMILYdissimulation: dissimulations+/dissimulate: dissimulated, dissimulates, dissimulating, dissimulation, dissimulative USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Kermiche turns out to have been practicing the art of taqiyya, or dissimulation, explicitly counseled by the Islamic State to fool the enemy. New York Times(Aug 05, 2016) Mordred went over to him with haste, with a sort of shamefaced dissimulation. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) Donald Trump has mastered the art of dissimulation with his boasts of virtue, but every once in a while he lets the veil slip. US News(Jun 02, 2016) n the act of deceiving Syn|Hypo|Hyper deceit, deception, dissembling fakery the act of faking (or the product of faking) indirectiondeceitful action that is not straightforward chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wilethe use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) double-dealing, duplicityacting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another cheat, cheatinga deception for profit to yourself delusion, head game, illusionthe act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulationthe act of giving a false appearance impersonation, imposturepretending to be another person obscurantisma deliberate act intended to make something obscure bluff, four flushthe act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards take-inthe act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-onsomething intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage juggleryartful trickery designed to achieve an end gerrymanderan act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage) appearance, showpretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression make-believe, pretendthe enactment of a pretense affectation, affectedness, mannerism, posea deliberate pretense or exaggerated display masquerademaking a false outward show falsification, misrepresentation a willful perversion of facts |
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