The meaning of Dissimulation

noun

An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something.

Usage examples:

The offer was denounced as a bluff

verb

Try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.

Usage examples:

He's been bluffing all along

adjective

Direct in speech or behaviour but in a good-natured way.

Usage examples:

A big, bluff, hearty man

verb

Try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.

Usage examples:

He's been bluffing all along

noun

An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something.

Usage examples:

The offer was denounced as a bluff

adjective

Direct in speech or behaviour but in a good-natured way.

Usage examples:

A big, bluff, hearty man

verb

Imitate fraudulently.

Usage examples:

My signature is extremely hard to counterfeit

adjective

Made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud.

Usage examples:

Counterfeit £10 notes

noun

A fraudulent imitation of something else.

Usage examples:

He knew the tapes to be counterfeits

noun

The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.

Usage examples:

A web of deceit

noun

Speech or behavior that keeps the truth hidden

Usage examples:

All we hear from them are lies and deceit., she just assumes that elected leaders are cynical and d…

noun

Dishonest or illegal methods used by a person or organization in order to get something or to make people believe that something is true when it is not

Usage examples:

The company filed a legal claim alleging deceit and breach of contract.

noun

Deceitfulness shown in someone's character or behaviour.

Usage examples:

The dismissal of thirty civil servants for dishonesty and misconduct

noun

The quality or an act of not being honest

Usage examples:

Her dishonesty landed her in prison., mistakes and misunderstandings are a far more common cause of…

verb

Conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs.

Usage examples:

An honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble

noun

Deceitfulness.

Usage examples:

He was accused of duplicity and branded a traitor

noun

Dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people

Usage examples:

Duplicity in they were accused of duplicity in their dealings with both sides.

verb

Forge or counterfeit (something).

Usage examples:

She faked her spouse's signature

verb

Variant spelling of flake4 (verb).

verb

Lay (a rope) in loose coils in order to prevent it tangling.

Usage examples:

A cable had to be flaked out

noun

The action of falsifying information or a theory.

Usage examples:

An investigation into fraud and the falsification of records

verb

Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).

Usage examples:

She feigned nervousness

verb

Present participle of feign

Usage examples:

You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are., the prosecution claimed …

noun

Sly or cunning intelligence.

Usage examples:

He used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in

noun

The practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.

Usage examples:

His target was the hypocrisy of suburban life

noun

Pretending to be what you are not, or pretending to believe something that you do not

Usage examples:

Critics are accusing him of hypocrisy and deceit., the biggest hypocrites in sports are owners who …

verb

Present participle of lie1.

adjective

Present participle of lie2.

verb

(of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface.

Usage examples:

The body lay face downwards on the grass

noun

The action or offence of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something.

Usage examples:

She is seeking damages on allegations of misrepresentation

noun

The act of giving false information about something or someone, often in order to get an advantage

Usage examples:

The statement is a clear and deliberate misrepresentation of the facts., tobacco companies were cha…

noun

Behaviour that is intended to impress or mislead.

Usage examples:

A masking of fear with macho posturing

verb

Behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead.

Usage examples:

A billionaire posturing as a hero of the working class

noun

Behaviour or speech that is intended to attract attention and interest, or to make people believe something that is not true

Usage examples:

His writing has been dismissed as mere intellectual posturing.

noun

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.

Usage examples:

His anger is masked by a pretence that all is well

noun

A way of behaving that is intended to deceive people

Usage examples:

She made absolutely no pretence of being interested., they kept up (= continued) a pretence of norm…

verb

Falsely present something as the truth.

Usage examples:

Was he ill or was he shamming?

noun

A thing that is not what it is purported to be.

Usage examples:

Our current free health service is a sham

adjective

Bogus; false.

Usage examples:

A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage

noun

Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal.

Usage examples:

He had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions

noun

An action taken to hide something from someone

Usage examples:

[ u ] his excuse sounded more like subterfuge than a real reason.