dissimulation Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- crookery
- secrecy
- wiliness
- cozenage
- cunningness
- dissembling
- fakery
- lying
- duplicity
- dishonesty
- guile
- craftiness
- double-dealing
- crookedness
Weak:
- prevarication
- unscrupulousness
- skulduggery
- slyness
- equivocation
- shadiness
- hanky-panky
- trickery
- two-facedness
- slipperiness
- cageyness
- jugglery
- falsity
- skullduggery
- shrewdness
- treacherousness
- guilefulness
- legerdemain
- craft
- dupery
- fib
- sneakiness
- fraudulence
- insincerity
- falsehood
- untruth
- wile
- furtiveness
- swindling
- subterfuge
- deviousness
- covertness
- stealthiness
- caginess
- chicane
- chicanery
- obliquity
- foxiness
- artfulness
- smoothness
- underhandedness
- hypocrisy
- mountebankery
- mendacity
- sanctimoniousness
- shiftiness
- artifice
Strongest:
- forthrightness
- artlessness
- sincerity
- candor
- plainness
- good-faith
- frankness
- artlessness
- frankness
- plainness
- good-faith
- directness
- sincerity
- openness
- directness
- ingenuousness
- forthrightness
- ingenuousness
- openness
- candor
Strong:
- reliability
- righteousness
- trustworthiness
- truthfulness
- candidness
- honesty
- solidity
- righteousness
- guilelessness
- honesty
- guilelessness
- candidness
- probity
- dependability
- reliability
- trustworthiness
- goodness
- probity
- integrity
- dependability
- solidity
- integrity
- goodness
- truthfulness
Weak:
dissimulation Meaning
dissimulation (n)
the act of deceiving
dissimulation (n.)
The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
dissimulation Sentence Examples
- The magician used dissimulation to make the coin appear to disappear.
- The politician's dissimulation was evident in the contradictory statements he made.
- The double agent's dissimulation allowed him to move freely between the two sides.
- The spy's dissimulation was crucial to his successful mission.
- The actress's dissimulation made her character come to life on stage.
- The artist's dissimulation created an enigmatic and intriguing piece of work.
- The athlete's dissimulation allowed him to maintain his composure under pressure.
- The employee's dissimulation helped him to avoid being fired.
- The student's dissimulation allowed him to cheat on the exam without being caught.
- The salesperson's dissimulation convinced the customer to buy the product.
FAQs About the word dissimulation
the act of deceivingThe act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
cunning, deceit, fraud, cheating,deception, deceptiveness, deceitfulness, crookery, secrecy, wiliness
forthrightness, artlessness,sincerity, candor, plainness, good faith, frankness, artlessness, frankness, plainness
The magician used dissimulation to make the coin appear to disappear.
The politician's dissimulation was evident in the contradictory statements he made.
The double agent's dissimulation allowed him to move freely between the two sides.
The spy's dissimulation was crucial to his successful mission.
