dissemblance
Definition of dissemblance
: lack of resemblance : dissimilitude
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Origin and Etymology of dissemblance
Middle English, from Middle French dessemblance, from dessembler to be unlike (from des- 1dis- + -sembler, as in resembler to resemble) + -ance
dissemblance
Definition of dissemblance
: the act or the art of dissembling : dissimulation
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Origin and Etymology of dissemblance
dissemble + -ance
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