dissimulation
[ dih-sim-yuh-ley-shuh n ]
/ dɪˌsɪm yəˈleɪ ʃən /
noun
the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
RELATED WORDS
charade, visor, veil, cloak, camouflage, pretext, semblance, veneer, stratagem, guile, mask, conspiracy, evasion, complicity, fraud, deception, trickery, duplicity, hypocrisy, dishonesty
Nearby words
dissimilate, dissimilation, dissimilatory, dissimilitude, dissimulate, dissimulation, dissipate, dissipated, dissipation, dissipation trail, dissipative system
Origin of dissimulation
1350–1400; Middle English dissimulacioun (< Anglo-French) < Latin dissimulātiōn- (stem of dissimulātiō a feigning); see dis-1, simulation
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Word Origin and History for dissimulation
dissimulation
late 14c., from Old French dissimulation (12c.), from Latin dissimulationem (nominative dissimulatio) "a disguising, concealment," noun of action from past participle stem of dissimulare "make unlike, conceal, disguise," from dis- "completely" + simulare "pretend, assume, simulate" (see simulation).
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Medicine definitions for dissimulation
dissimulation
[ dĭ-sĭm′yə-lā′shən ]
n.
Concealment of the truth about a situation, especially about a state of health, as by a malingerer.
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