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   dissimulation

   /dɪˌsɪmjʊˈleɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretence: "an attempt at dissimulation"
   • 2. a flock of small birds: rare "his audience consisted of a dissimulation of birds"

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   Dissimulate means to hide under a false appearance or to pretend to be something or someone. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of dissimulate from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Dissimulation is the fact of trying to hide your real feelings, character, or intentions. Learn more about this formal word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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   Dissimulation is the fact of trying to hide your real feelings, character, or intentions. Learn more about this formal word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with examples from various sources.

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   Dissimulate means to hide your real feelings, character, or intentions. Learn how to use this formal verb with synonyms, antonyms, and examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and Wikipedia.

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   Dissimulation is the act of feigning or pretending, often with the intention of deceiving or misleading others. Learn the meaning, pronunciation, synonyms, and usage of dissimulation with examples from Collins English Dictionary.

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   The noun dissimulation describes the act of faking your true feelings. Your dissimulation of happiness might fool strangers but your close friends can tell it's all an act.

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   What does dissimulation mean?

   • （对动机、感情、真相等的）掩盖，掩饰… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! DISSIMULATION definition: 1. the fact of trying to hide your real feelings, character, or intentions: 2. the fact of trying…. Learn more.

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   What does dissimilaten mean?

   • Middle English dissimilaten, borrowed from Latin dissimulātus, past participle of dissimulāre "to conceal the identity of, feign," from dis- dis- + simulāre, similāre "to pretend, assume the appearance of by one's conduct, imitate" — more at simulate 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense “Dissimulate.”

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   What does dissimulation of happiness mean?

   • Your dissimulation of happiness might fool strangers but your close friends can tell it's all an act. The word dissimulation implies that the wool is being pulled over someone's eyes, or they're being fooled or tricked by someone's deceit. The origin of dissimulation is the Latin dissimulationem, which means "a disguising or concealment."

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   Is dissimulation necessary?

   • No dissimulation is required here as an explanatory hypothesis. For a millennium, their texts were purposely filled with dissimulation and the interpolation of tangential information. She believed that in dissimulation lay her only possibility of safety. His reluctance was merely a dissimulation, a stage wait for heightened dramatic effect.

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   When did dissimulation begin?

   • Confused words suggested confused ideas at best, dissimulation at worst. But the real need for dissimulation came in 1962. No dissimulation is required here as an explanatory hypothesis. For a millennium, their texts were purposely filled with dissimulation and the interpolation of tangential information.

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   How many occurrences of dissimulation per million words?

   • About 0.4 occurrences per million words in modern written English How is the noun dissimulation pronounced? Where does the noun dissimulation come from?

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   There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun dissimulation, two of which are labelled obsolete.See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.