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dissimulations

dissimulations is the plural of dissimulation.

Meaning of dissimulation

Noun

dissimulation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimulations)

  1. 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
  2. Hiding one's feelings or intentions.

Questions about dissimulations

What is dissimulations the plural of?
Dissimulations is the plural of dissimulation.

Words near dissimulations in the dictionary

  1. dissimulated
  2. dissimulates
  3. dissimulating
  4. dissimulatingly
  5. dissimulation
  6. dissimulations
  7. dissimulative
  8. dissimulator
  9. dissimulators
  10. dissimulatress
  11. dissimulatresses

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