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Definition of Dissembling
1. Noun. Pretending with intention to deceive.
Generic synonyms: Deceit, Deception, Misrepresentation
Specialized synonyms: Bluff, Pretext, Stalking-horse, Hypocrisy, Lip Service
Derivative terms: Dissemble, Feign, Pretend, Pretentious
2. Noun. The act of deceiving.
Generic synonyms: Falsification, Misrepresentation
Specialized synonyms: Fakery, Indirection, Chicane, Chicanery, Guile, Shenanigan, Trickery, Wile, Double-dealing, Duplicity, Cheat, Cheating, Delusion, Head Game, Illusion, Feigning, Pretence, Pretending, Pretense, Simulation, Impersonation, Imposture, Obscurantism, Bluff, Four Flush, Take-in
Derivative terms: Deceive, Deceive, Dissimulate
Definition of Dissembling
1. a. That dissembles; hypocritical; false.
Definition of Dissembling
1. Noun. The action of the verb '''dissemble''' ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of dissemble) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dissembling
1. dissemble [v] - See also: dissemble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissembling
Literary usage of Dissembling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"But I was well inform'd that he is a1 downright dissembling Hypocrite, that he
is a Presbyterian, and often preaches or holds forth to those demure People. ..."
2. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"A Satire against dissembling. AJ, Aug. 31.—Sir, As I was viewing the other Day
a new Sign setting up for the Salutation Tavern in Street, there comes a ..."
3. Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century by John Ashton (1883)
"For then each false dissembling Curr, Would cry, your humble servant, Sir: But
now my Money is all spent, Too late, poor Fool, I do lament. ..."
4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... and indeed the nation hath a great loss; though I cannot, without dissembling,
say that I am sorry for it; for he was a man never kind to me at all. ..."
5. The Mid-eighteenth Century by John Hepburn Millar (1902)
"... THE "RETURN TO NATURE*' — LOVE OF NATURE IN THE ENGLISH POETS—THEIR MANNER OF
dissembling IT ..."
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