dissimulation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle English dissimulacioun, from Old French dissimulation, from Latin dissimulātiō; equivalent to dissimule + -ation.
Noun[edit]
dissimulation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimulations)
- The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
- 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:
- 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.
- Hiding one's feelings or intentions.
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Translations[edit]
the act of concealing the truth
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dissimulātiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dissimulation f (plural dissimulations)
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Further reading[edit]
- “dissimulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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