dissimulation

cloak disguise mask veil

beard blind concealment cover deceit faking front guise masking masquerade mimicry paint screen shade shroud smokescreen

coverup deceptive marking false appearance plain brown wrapper protective coloring red herring

beard blind camouflage cover cover-up covering curtain disguise front hideaway mask obliteration occultation privacy secretion veil wraps

fig leaf hideout obscuration red herring smokescreen

disclosure divulgence exposition revelation showing telling

complicity conspiracy evasion

burial camouflage concealment front masking pretense whitewash

closeting disguising hush-up placing under wraps seal of secrecy smokescreen veil of secrecy

chicanery deception dishonesty duplicity fraud hypocrisy treachery trickery

ambidexterity ambidextrousness artifice cheating chicane craft craftiness cunning deceitfulness double-dealing fraudulence guile imposition pretense slyness trapping

cozening defrauding dirty dealing dirty pool dissemblance entrapping overreaching smoke and mirrors two-facedness two-timing underhandedness

fairness forthrightness frankness honesty openness sincerity trustworthiness truth truthfulness

artlessness reality

uprightness

betrayal deceit disinformation duplicity falsehood fraud hypocrisy lying mendacity treachery trickery untruth

artifice beguilement blarney cheat circumvention cozenage craftiness cunning deceitfulness deceptiveness double-dealing dupery equivocation flimflam fraudulence guile hokum imposition insincerity juggling legerdemain pretense prevarication sophism treason trickiness trumpery

defraudation

faithfulness forthrightness honesty loyalty sincerity truth

openness

frankness honor trustworthiness truthfulness uprightness

camouflage cloak guise trickery veil

beard blind charade color coloring concealment costume counterfeit cover-up dress facade face faking front illusion make believe mask masquerade pageant pretense pretension pretentiousness pseudonym put on screen semblance veneer

false front fig leaf getup pen name red herring smokescreen

back character honesty personality reality rear truth

dissembling unlikeness

artifice chicanery deceit dishonesty falsehood hypocrisy

cunning double-dealing dualism duality faithlessness fraud guile one-upmanship perfidiousness perfidy skullduggery treachery

Judas kiss dirty dealing dirty pool dirty trick dirty work dissemblance stab in back treacherousness two-facedness twoness

forthrightness frankness honesty openness sincerity truth truthfulness

constancy faithfulness loyalty

trustworthiness

prevarication

ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion distortion doubtfulness duplicity evasion fallacy fib fibbing hedging lie line lying misrepresentation shuffling song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall tergiversation waffle

cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall

certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

directness facing meeting

cover-up deceit deception dishonesty distortion fabrication fakery fallacy falsity misstatement perjury prevarication sham tall tale untruth

canard equivocation erroneousness error fable fallaciousness falseness feigning fib fiction figment fraud hogwash line mendacity pretense story tale untruthfulness whopper yarn

fibbery half-truth untruism

frankness honesty openness truth truthfulness uprightness

nonfiction reality

trickery

artfulness artifice chicanery craft craftiness cunning deceit deception dishonesty duplicity jive ruse sellout treachery trickiness wiliness

dirty dealing dirty pool dirty trick dirty work dissemblance double-cross foul play runaround sharp practice stab in the back

forthrightness frankness honesty honor openness sincerity trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

artlessness naïveté

bigotry deceit deception dishonesty duplicity fraud insincerity mockery

affectation cant casuistry display dissembling double-dealing falsity glibness imposture irreverence lie pietism quackery sanctimoniousness sanctimony speciousness unctuousness

bad faith false profession lip service pharisaicalness pharisaism phoniness

fairness frankness honesty openness trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

forthrightness righteousness sincerity

artifice cheating con craftiness fraud hoax hocus-pocus hypocrisy illusion imposture stratagem trick trickery

frankness honesty reality sincerity truth truthfulness

advantage aid benefit blessing forthrightness help profit

charade

disguise dream fakery fantasy imagination pageant playacting pretense pretension pretentiousness sham

fairy tale

existence honesty reality substance truth

camouflage cloak veil

affectation air appearance aspect beard blind concealment cover up disguise dissembling domino facade front guise hood masquerade pose posture pretense pretext put on screen semblance show simulation veneer visage visor

disguisement fig leaf window dressing

reality truth

carnival circus cloak color costume cover cover-up deception domino facade festivity front guise impersonation imposture mask masking mummery personation pose pretense put on revel screen show subterfuge veil

Mardi Gras costume ball masked ball

honesty openness reality truth

affectation bad faith bigotry cant casuistry deceit deception dishonesty display dissembling double-dealing duplicity false profession falsity fraud glibness imposture insincerity irreverence lie lip service mockery pharisaicalness phoniness pietism quackery sanctimoniousness sanctimony speciousness tartuffery two-facedness unctuousness

affectation bad faith bigotry cant casuistry deceit deception dishonesty display dissembling double-dealing duplicity false profession falsity fraud glibness imposture insincerity irreverence lie lip service mockery pharisaicalness pharisaism pietism quackery sanctimoniousness sanctimony speciousness tartuffery two-facedness unctuousness

acting bluffing cheating concealment counterfeiting covering dissembling masking pretense shamming simulation

charade cloak pretext semblance veneer

act acting affectation appearance artifice claim deceit deception display double-dealing evasion excuse fabrication facade fakery falsification feigning gag guise insincerity invention make believe mask masquerade misrepresentation misstatement ostentation posing posturing pretentiousness routine ruse schtick sham shuffling simulation stall stunt subterfuge trickery veil wile

dumb act faking

reality

frankness honesty honor openness quiet simplicity truth truthfulness uprightness

affectation bigotry cant casuistry deceit deception dishonesty display dissembling double-dealing duplicity falsity fraud glibness imposture insincerity irreverence lie mockery pietism quackery sanctimony speciousness unctuousness

bad faith false profession lip service pharisaicalness pharisaism phoniness tartuffery two-facedness

fairness forthrightness frankness honesty openness respect trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

affectation bigotry cant casuistry deceit deception dishonesty display dissembling double-dealing duplicity falsity fraud glibness imposture insincerity irreverence lie mockery pietism quackery sanctimoniousness speciousness unctuousness

bad faith false profession lip service pharisaicalness pharisaism phoniness tartuffery two-facedness

fairness forthrightness frankness honesty openness respect trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

ambidexterity ambidextrousness artifice cheating chicane chicanery craft craftiness cunning deceitfulness deception dishonesty double-dealing duplicity fraud fraudulence guile hypocrisy imposition pretense slyness trapping treachery trickery

cozening defrauding dirty dealing dirty pool dissemblance entrapping overreaching smoke and mirrors two-facedness two-timing underhandedness

artlessness fairness forthrightness frankness honesty honor openness reality sincerity trustworthiness truth truthfulness

affectation bad faith bigotry cant casuistry deceit deception dishonesty display dissembling double-dealing duplicity false profession falsity fraud glibness imposture insincerity irreverence lie lip service mockery pharisaicalness pharisaism phoniness pietism quackery sanctimoniousness sanctimony speciousness two-facedness unctuousness

ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion distortion doubtfulness duplicity euphemism evasion fallacy fib fibbing hedge hedging lie line lying misrepresentation prevarication shuffle shuffling song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall waffle

cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality equivoque quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall weasel word

certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

affectation bad faith bigotry cant casuistry deceit deception dishonesty display dissembling double-dealing duplicity false profession falsity fraud glibness imposture insincerity irreverence lie lip service mockery pharisaicalness pharisaism phoniness pietism quackery sanctimoniousness sanctimony speciousness tartuffery unctuousness

guile stratagem

angle artfulness artifice cheating chicane chicanery con contrivance craft craftiness deceit deception device dishonesty dodge feint flimflam fraud gambit game gimmick hoax horseplay imposition lure maneuver plot ploy racket ruse scam setup shenanigans skullduggery slant slyness stunt subterfuge switch trick trickery twist

little game monkey business monkeyshines scheming

fairness forthrightness frankness honesty honor openness sincerity truth truthfulness uprightness

naïveté stupidity