'dissimulation' definitions:
Definition of 'dissimulation'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'dissimulation'
From: GCIDE
- dissimulation \dis*sim`u*la"tion\, n. [L. dissimulatio: cf. F. dissimulation.] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy. [1913 Webster]
- Let love be without dissimulation. --Rom. xii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dissimulation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cloaking,
- concealing,
- cunning,
- deceit,
- deception,
- dissemblance,
- dissembler,
- dissembling,
- dissimulator,
- double-dealing,
- duplicity,
- feigning,
- guile,
- hiding,
- hypocrisy,
- lip server,
- masking,
- misrepresentation,
- pharisaism,
- pharisee,
- pretense,
- sanctimony,
- secreting,
- sham,
- Tartuffe,
- whited sepulcher