Synonyms for dissimulation
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Noun
1. Deceit — the act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception
deceit, deception, duplicity, double-dealing, dissembling, feigning, trickery, pretense US, pretence UK, hypocrisy, sham, simulation, under-handedness, deceptiveness, perfidy, artifice, guile, fraudulence
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Definitions
- n. 1
The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
Forms
- Plural
- dissimulations → deceits, deceptions, duplicities, double-dealings…
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Dissimulation is rather a concealing of what is than a pretense of what is not.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- deception She was aware of his propensity towards deception.
- deceit He acquired a great fortune by using deceit and treachery.
- duplicity Tom is often accused of duplicity.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dissimulation | rising | |
| deception | rising | |
| deceit | rising | |
| duplicity | steady | |
| dissemblance | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- sham1
- 5 letters
- guile1
- 6 letters
- deceit2
- 7 letters
- perfidy3
- 8 letters
- trickery3, pretense2, pretence, feigning2, artifice3
- 9 letters
- deception3, hypocrisy4, duplicity4
- 10 letters
- simulation4
- 11 letters
- dissembling3, fraudulence
- 12 letters
- dissemblance
- 13 letters
- deceptiveness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deceit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dissimulation
- Italiano
- dissimulazione
- Español
- disimulo