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dissembler

American  
[dih-sem-bler] / dɪˈsɛm blər /

noun

  1. a person who gives a false or misleading appearance, or who feigns or pretends something; a fraud or phony.

    I take everyone seriously until they reveal themselves to be liars, dissemblers, shills, or unrepentant hypocrites.


Etymology

Origin of dissembler

dissemble ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )


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His vaguely lined mien suggests premature strain, which feels at odds with a character we’re to take as an expert dissembler, not to say a sociopath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

Sebald was a serial dissembler about nearly every aspect of his life and work.

From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2021

It was a steep fall for Robinson, from statewide basketball hero to discredited dissembler.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2019

In my own dealings with Assange, he has often overstated his abilities as a hacker; he is a self-confessed dissembler.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 11, 2019

Semyon Borisovitch talked and talked, pressing Will for details of his life, his family, his home, and Will, a practiced dissembler, answered him fully enough.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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