dissimulation
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dissimulacioun, from Old French dissimulation, from Latin dissimulātiō; equivalent to dissimule + -ation.
Noun
dissimulation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimulations)
- The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 233:
- Perhaps it was best to tell Ethel at once: if ever she went into society at all, she would inevitably hear of it, and her own concealment would have the appearance of a dissimulation,—the furthest from her thoughts.
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- Hiding one's feelings or intentions.
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem- (0 c, 73 e)
Translations
the act of concealing the truth
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French
Etymology
From Latin dissimulātiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.si.my.la.sjɔ̃/
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Noun
dissimulation f (plural dissimulations)
- dissimulation
Related terms
- dissimuler
Further reading
- “dissimulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.