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dissembling::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | feigning, pretence, pretense |
| Type of | misrepresentation, deceit, deception |
| Has types | lip service, stalking-horse, bluff, hypocrisy, pretext |
| Derivation | dissemble |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deceit, deception, dissimulation |
| Type of | misrepresentation, falsification |
| Has types | feigning, four flush, guile, head game, illusion, impersonation, imposture, indirection, obscurantism, pretence, pretending, pretense, shenanigan, simulation, take-in, trickery, wile, bluff, cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, delusion, double-dealing, duplicity, fakery |
Examples of dissembling
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I know we expect a degree of dissembling from politicians, but an outright lie?
From the newarkadvertiser.co.uk
Beyond the cheap dissembling, there was a bleak, tragic quality to this paragraph.
From the ocregister.com
With friends and supporters, Frost was sometimes manipulative and dissembling.
From the time.com
The bookmakers accused him of dissembling, incompetence and misrepresentation.
From the smh.com.au
Denton didn't take the usual route of dissembling about the pay-for-play news.
From the nytimes.com
But American officials complain privately that Mr Netanyahu is dissembling.
From the economist.com
Maybe he and his communications team will win an award for highly effective dissembling.
From the freep.com
Dissembling about his origins, she raises him as if she were his mother.
From the denverpost.com
If it's any consolation to Baldwin, she is not alone in her dissembling.
From the time.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.
