dissimulation
Example Sentences
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This attitude often implies a bit of dissimulation, in particular on the part of the group leader.
From Scientific American • Apr. 16, 2021
Even without flagrant dissimulation, body-camera footage is often highly contentious.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2018
“It is for public opinion,” Giuliani said of his public campaign of dissimulation.
From The Guardian • May 27, 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
Vocabulary lists containing dissimulation
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Tell-Tale Heart," Vocabulary from the short story
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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