dissimulation

[ dih-sim-yuh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissimulation¹

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

Example Sentences

But in fact I never found that threshold; I stayed lost in the dissimulations of motherhood, whose privatized nature meant that no honest or legitimate relation to reality could ever again be established.

From New York Times

For the Sankara family the trial is “a chance to heal,” he said — and to establish the realities about a young leader whose story has been blurred by years of mythmaking, dissimulation and lies.

From New York Times

Her dissimulation, Passon added, included having simultaneous husbands on both American coasts.

From New York Times

The others were more practiced at this particular dissimulation.

From Literature

But more likely Hill was compounding Reagan's dissimulations.

From Salon

Related Words

• cover-up
• deceit
• deception
• dishonesty
• distortion
• fabrication
• fakery
• fallacy
• falsity
• misstatement
• perjury
• prevarication
• sham
• tall tale
• untruth