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dis·sim·u·la·tion

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–noun

the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME dissimulacioun (< AF) < L dissimulātiōn- (s. of dissimulātiō a feigning); see dis-¹, simulation

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dis·sim·u·late Audio Help   (dĭ-sĭm'yə-lāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   dis·sim·u·lat·ed, dis·sim·u·lat·ing, dis·sim·u·lates

v.   tr.
To disguise (one's intentions, for example) under a feigned appearance. See Synonyms at disguise.

v.   intr.
To conceal one's true feelings or intentions.

[Middle English dissimulaten, from Latin dissimulāre, dissimulāt- : dis-, dis- + simulāre, to simulate; see simulate.]

dis·sim'u·la'tion n., dis·sim'u·la'tive adj., dis·sim'u·la'tor n.

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dissimulation

c.1384, from O.Fr., from L. dissimulationem, from dissimulare "conceal, disguise," from dis- "completely" + simulare "pretend, simulate" (see simulation).

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dissimulation
noun
the act of deceiving [syn: deception]

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dis·sim·u·la·tion (d-smy-lshn)
n.

Concealment of the truth about a situation, especially about a state of health, as by a malingerer.

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Dissimulation

Dis*sim`u*la"tion\, n. [L. dissimulatio: cf. F. dissimulation.] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.

Let love be without dissimulation. --Rom. xii. 9.

Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is. --Bacon.

Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. --Tatler.

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