dissimulation
dissimulation noun: the act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
Noun
dissimulation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimulations)
- The 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, duplicity, fraudulence, fraudulency, perfidy
- Hiding one's feelings or intentions.
dissimulation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
dissimulation in Hindi
- the act of concealing the truth
- ढोंग ḍhoṅg, स्वाँग svāṅg, मिथ्या mithyā, छल chal, माया māyā, झूठ jhūṭh
dissimulation in Tamil
- கள்ள நடத்தை, பாசாங்கு, போலி நடத்தை, இரண்டகம்
dissimulation in Telugu
- dissimulation, pretense, disguise, sham
- లీల līla
dissimulation in Malayalam
- pretence, dissembling, deceit
- കപടം, യഥാർത്ഥസ്വഭാവം മറച്ചുപിടിക്കൽ, കള്ളവേഷംകെട്ടൽ, തട്ടിപ്പ്, വഞ്ചന, നെറികേട്
More languagesFewer languages
- dissimulation in Kannada
- ಆಕಾರಗುಪ್ತಿ, ಆಕಾರಗೋಪನ
- dissimulation in Sanskrit
- मिथ्या mithyā, छल chala, माया māyā, कपट kapaṭa
- dissimulation in Persian
- تدلیس tadlis
Synonyms of dissimulation
Forms of dissimulation
| plural | dissimulations |
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Origin of dissimulation
Inherited from Middle English dissimulacioun, from Old French dissimulation, from Latin dissimulātiō; equivalent to dissimule + -ation.
Questions about dissimulation
- What does dissimulation mean?
- Dissimulation means the act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
- What is dissimulation in Hindi?
- Dissimulation in Hindi is ढोंग (ḍhoṅg), स्वाँग (svāṅg), मिथ्या (mithyā). See Dissimulation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dissimulation?
- Dissimulation is a noun.
- What is the plural of dissimulation?
- The plural of dissimulation is dissimulations.
Words near dissimulation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dissimulation (page history and authors); dissimulation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); లీల (Telugu) (page history and authors); dissimulation (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); dissimulation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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