'dissimulation' definitions:

Definition of 'dissimulation'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of deceiving [syn: deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation]

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]