dissimulation

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noun

The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.

Similar
deceptivenesstrickeryunderhandednessdeceitdeceitfulnessduplicityfraudulencefraudulency
OriginMiddle English dissimulacioun ← Old French dissimulation ← Latin dissimulātiō →
UncommonScrabble 16
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Meanings

noundissimulation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimulations)

plural dissimulations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.

    Perhaps it was best to tell Ethel at once: if ever she went into society at all, she would inevitably hear of it, and her own concealment would have the appearance of a dissimulation,—the furthest from her thoughts.

    1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Changes in London”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 233

    Synonyms: deceptiveness, trickery, underhandedness, deceit, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, duplicity, fraudulence

  2. countableuncountableHiding one's feelings or intentions.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.

Similar
deceptivenesstrickeryunderhandednessdeceitdeceitfulnessdeceptivenessduplicityfraudulencefraudulencytrickeryperfidyunderhandedness

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe act of deceiving

Similar
deceptiondeceitdissembling
Broader
falsificationmisrepresentation
Also see
deceitdeceitfulnessdeceptiondeceptivenessdissemblancedissemblingfraudulencefraudulencyperfidytrickeryunderhandedness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latindissimulātiō
  2. Old Frenchdissimulation
  3. Middle Englishdissimulacioun
  4. Englishdissimulation

Inherited from Middle English dissimulacioun, from Old French dissimulation, from Latin dissimulātiō; equivalent to dissimule + -ation.

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Translations

Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία
  • εἰρωνεία (eirōneía)the act of concealing the truth
Bulgarian преструвка, лицемерие
  • преструвка (prestruvka)the act of concealing the truth
  • лицемерие (licemerie)the act of concealing the truth
Catalan dissimulació
  • dissimulacióthe act of concealing the truth
Danish forstillelse, hykleri
  • forstillelsethe act of concealing the truth
  • hyklerithe act of concealing the truth
French dissimulation
  • dissimulationthe act of concealing the truth
Greek συγκάλυψη, απόκρυψη
  • συγκάλυψη (sygkálypsi)the act of concealing the truth
  • απόκρυψη (apókrypsi)the act of concealing the truth
Hindi ढोंग, स्वाँग
  • ढोंग (ḍhoṅg)the act of concealing the truth
  • स्वाँग (svāṅg)the act of concealing the truth
  • मिथ्या (mithyā)the act of concealing the truth
  • छल (chal)the act of concealing the truth
  • माया (māyā)the act of concealing the truth
  • झूठ (jhūṭh)the act of concealing the truth
  • कपट (kapaṭ)the act of concealing the truth
Italian dissimulazione
  • dissimulazionethe act of concealing the truth
Norwegian Bokmål forstillelse
  • forstillelsethe act of concealing the truth
Persian تدلیس
  • تدلیس (tadlis)the act of concealing the truth
Spanish disimulación, disimulo
  • disimulaciónthe act of concealing the truth
  • disimulothe act of concealing the truth
Ukrainian дисимуляція, приховування
  • дисимуляція (dysymuljacija)the act of concealing the truth
  • приховування (pryxovuvannja)the act of concealing the truth
Cite this entry
APA

dissimulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissimulation

MLA

“dissimulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissimulation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dissimulation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissimulation.

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