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dissemble::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | affect, feign, pretend, sham |
| Type of | belie, misrepresent |
| Has types | talk through one's hat, bull, bullshit, fake, mouth, play possum, take a dive |
| Verb group | make believe, make, pretend |
| Derivation | dissembler, dissembling |
Examples of dissemble
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As usual, the Ford PR department did what it could to misdirect and dissemble.
From the time.com
The candidates dissemble because they believe that Americans don't want the truth.
From the washingtonpost.com
Parents, rest assured this film will not dissemble your children's favorite myths.
From the ocregister.com
Bill Clinton did dissemble as president, though much about him was authentic.
From the tennessean.com
Under crony capitalism, when government and corporate America merge, both dissemble.
From the washingtonpost.com
Ariely said, and those who dissemble often start believing their own lies.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
The armour can automatically assemble and dissemble itself in seconds flat.
From the couriermail.com.au
He doesn't dissemble about everything, but he's very Machiavellian.
From the theatlantic.com
Even the most virulent Serbian nationalist will never dissemble their motives like prgriffin.
From the economist.com
- Feign: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
- Hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment"
- Behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
- (dissembling) pretense: pretending with intention to deceive
- (dissembling) deception: the act of deceiving
- A lie (also called prevarication, falsehood) is a known untruth expressed as truth.
- To disguise or conceal something; to feign; To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice; To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings
- (DISSEMBLED) [Josh.7:11; Jer.42:20; Gal.2:13] - DISSEMBLERS - [Ps.26:4] - DISSEMBLETH - [Prov.26:24] - DISSIMULATION - [Rom12:9; Gal.2:13] - a hiding under a false appearance; false pretension; hipocrisy. ...
- (Dissembling) "Dissemble" is a polite term for lying, though some might consider it to refer to being merely misleading. It is most commonly considered to be an euphemism for lying.
