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dissimulate

[ dih-sim-yuh-leyt ]

verb (used with object)

dissimulated, dissimulating.
  1. to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble:

    to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.



verb (used without object)

dissimulated, dissimulating.
  1. to conceal one's true motives, thoughts, etc., by some pretense; speak or act hypocritically.

dissimulate

/ ɪˈɪʊˌɪ /

verb

  1. to conceal (one's real feelings) by pretence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 徱ˈˌٴǰ, noun
  • 徱ˌˈپDz, noun
  • 徱ˈܱپ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 徱·u·t adjective
  • 徱·u·tǰ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dissimulate1

First recorded in 1525–35, dissimulate is from the Latin word 徱ܱٳܲ (past participle of 徱ܱ to feign). See dis- 1, simulate
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But European leaders wonder if she is dissimulating, and the European Union is watching her coalition’s comfortable victory in Italy, one of its founding members, with caution and some trepidation.

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All you have to do is watch them stumble and dissimulate on television trying to persuade people they aren't going to keep making life miserable for millions of women and their families.

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Given this particular movie, she presumably also lectures on “Cyrano de Bergerac” and topics like the dissimulating heroine.

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A useful civics lesson on how a president who has been caught dissimulating reacts away from the cameras may be found in William Jefferson Clinton.

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Isolated in his shrink-wrap, Fox-speak bubble in the debate, he ignored the fact that he has already turned America into a sort of dystopia by bungling and dissimulating on the virus.

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