dis-simulation

noun

the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English dissimulacioun (< Anglo-French) < Latin dissimulātiōn- (stem of dissimulātiō a feigning); see dis-¹, simulation

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dissimulate (dɪˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt)

—vb
	to conceal (one's real feelings) by pretence

dissimu'lation

—n

dis'simulative

—*adj*

dis'simulator

—n

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Word Origin & History

dissimulation

late 14c., from O.Fr. dissimulation, from L. dissimulationem, from dissimulare "conceal, disguise," from dis- "completely" + simulare "pretend, simulate" (see simulation).

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Medical Dictionary

dissimulation dis·sim·u·la·tion (dĭ-sĭm'yə-lā'shən)
n.
Concealment of the truth about a situation, especially about a state of health, as by a malingerer.

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"The great advantages of simulation and dissimulation are three. First to lay asleep opposition and to surprise. For where a man's intentions are published, it is an alarum to call up all that are against them. The second is to reserve a man's self a fair retreat: for if a man engage himself, by a manifest declaration, he must go through, or take a fall. The third is, the better to discover the mind of another. For to him that opens himself, men will hardly show themselves adverse; but will fair let him go on, and turn their freedom of speech to freedom of thought."

-Francis Bacon

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