dissimulation
Example Sentences
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“Its present meaning is: the assumption of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, with dissimulation of real characters or inclinations.”
From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2020
But May was beloved because he remained utterly unpretentious, without guile or dissimulation, candid to the point of tactlessness.
From Scientific American • May 26, 2020
Even without flagrant dissimulation, body-camera footage is often highly contentious.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2018
His argument is ultimately for a democratic understanding of pretentiousness, as not a screen of elitist dissimulation but a liberating force—as what he calls “permission for the imagination.”
From Slate • Dec. 8, 2016
The others were more practiced at this particular dissimulation.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
