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verb

(ˌ)di-ˈsim-yə-ˌlāt How to pronounce dissimulate (audio)
Definition of dissimulatenext
as in to pretend
to take on a false or deceptive appearance as an actress she had been trained to dissimulate, so she had no trouble hiding her true feelings offstage as well

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dissimulation

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noun

1
as in deception
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery got whatever she wanted through shameless dissimulation

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as in deceit
the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have teenagers indulging in dissimulation simply in order to be one of the in crowd

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissimulate
  1. pretend
  2. deception
  3. deceit
  4. cunning
  5. affectation
  6. fraud
  7. hypocrisy
Verb
  • Some staffers pretended to call on behalf of a depressed relative.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Keeping your account also prevents anyone from taking your username (and maybe pretending to be you).
    David Nield, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of pretend
Noun
  • But because pressured waterfowl aren’t easy to fool, hunters have been trying to perfect the art of decoy deception to swing the odds in their favor.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • On Thursday, Prime Video debuted the first trailer for its series adaptation of the 1999 teen movie, all eight episodes premiering Nov. 21 on the streamer, bringing a familiar tale of deception to a new locale with all new characters.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of deception
Noun
  • This ongoing effort has created a web of cruelty, deceit, and corruption in which many unfortunate people are ensnared.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Still, the lawsuit has exposed layers of contradictions and deceit in the Saudi government’s portrayal of Omar al-Bayoumi, a middle-aged Saudi graduate student in San Diego who was the central figure in the hijackers’ support network.
    Tim Golden, ProPublica, 11 Sep. 2024
Definition of deceit
Noun
  • The movie’s costume designer Tom Broecker says the change highlights the lethal cunning that lurks below the character’s beauty.
    Alexandra Willingham, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Successful criminals need to have discipline, a plan, patience, and cunning.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Definition of cunning
Noun
  • His eccentricities — once easily dismissed as the affectations of a lonely man — read maniacal.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Strangely, the results come off as a directorial affectation, a willful cramping of her style.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of affectation
Noun
  • Read Article > Elon Musk spent Election Day on X praising men, amplifying anti-immigrant conspiracies, and accusing Democrats of voter fraud.
    Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Leonard Glenn Francis, a former defense contractor convicted for masterminding an unprecedented bribery and fraud scheme targeting the U.S. Navy, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 15 years in prison.
    Elias Lopez, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of fraud
Noun
  • Young people, in general, are particularly attuned to hypocrisies, which, in turn, kick up a sometimes errant, but oftentimes righteous, desire to rage against the machine.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Lying, like hypocrisy, happens often in the business world — and sometimes makes headlines.
    Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of hypocrisy
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