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