Definitions for dissimulation

dissimulation dis·sim·u·la·tion

Spelling: [dih-sim-yuh-ley-shuh n]
IPA: /dɪˌsɪm yəˈleɪ ʃən/

Dissimulation is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 1413 anagrams from letters in dissimulation (adiiilmnosstu).

Definitions for dissimulation

noun

  1. the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.

Origin of dissimulation

1350-1400; Middle English dissimulacioun (Anglo-French) Latin dissimulātiōn- (stem of dissimulātiō a feigning); see dis-1, simula

Examples for dissimulation

I hope you do not accuse me of lying or of any other dissimulation.

Dreadful limits are set in nature to the powers of dissimulation.

Undeterred, Wanda and Ida press on along a road of hostility and dissimulation that will lead to the harrowing end of their quest.

Here again the dissimulation was as effective as it was simple.

They were dark and secret in their behaviour, and practised guile and dissimulation.

She therefore has to be more skillful in the art of dissimulation.

Hence a whole world of falsehood and dissimulation was fostered.

If my doubts are well founded, he must be an adept in the art of dissimulation.

Oh, I know you have plenty of authority for your dissimulation.

Whatever have been his errors, he never stooped to dissimulation.

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