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dissimulation

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[dih-sim-yuh-ley-shuhn] / dɪˌsɪm yəˈleɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.

Etymology

Origin of dissimulation

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

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