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dis·sim·u·la·tion
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| 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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dissimulation
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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 | |
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| the act of deceiving [syn: deception] |
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- 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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