Synonyms of dissimulation

dissimulation

noun

1

as in deception

the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery

got whatever she wanted through shameless dissimulation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• deceit
• deceptiveness
• cunning
• fraud
• deceitfulness
• cheating
• lying
• duplicity
• dissembling
• double-dealing
• dishonesty
• guile
• fakery
• cozenage
• secrecy
• craftiness
• crookedness
• cunningness
• wiliness
• crookery
• artifice
• subterfuge
• prevarication
• dupery
• craft
• trickery
• fraudulence
• skullduggery
• equivocation
• mendacity
• foxiness
• jugglery
• hypocrisy
• chicanery
• insincerity
• swindling
• artfulness
• shrewdness
• guilefulness
• skulduggery
• legerdemain
• obliquity
• deviousness
• falsehood
• fib
• wile
• untruth
• covertness
• hanky-panky
• chicane
• slyness
• furtiveness
• sanctimoniousness
• caginess
• underhandedness
• shiftiness
• unscrupulousness
• sneakiness
• mountebankery
• falsity
• stealthiness
• slipperiness
• two-facedness
• shadiness
• smoothness
• cageyness
• treacherousness
• slickness
• oiliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• good faith
• ingenuousness
• artlessness
• frankness
• openness
• forthrightness
• candor
• directness
• plainness
• guilelessness
• honesty
• reliability
• probity
• solidity
• trustworthiness
• integrity
• candidness
• truthfulness
• dependability
• righteousness
• goodness
• decency
• plainspokenness
• uprightness
• incorruptibility
• reliableness
• virtuousness
• trustiness
• trustability

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• sincerity
• good faith
• ingenuousness
• artlessness
• frankness
• openness
• forthrightness
• candor
• directness
• plainness
• guilelessness
• honesty
• reliability
• probity
• solidity
• trustworthiness
• integrity
• candidness
• truthfulness
• dependability
• righteousness
• goodness
• decency
• plainspokenness
• uprightness
• incorruptibility
• reliableness
• virtuousness
• trustiness
• trustability

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2

as in deceit

the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have

teenagers indulging in dissimulation simply in order to be one of the in crowd

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• deceit
• deceptiveness
• affectation
• deceitfulness
• hypocrisy
• insincerity
• dissembling
• pretense
• pretension
• piousness
• pretence
• cant
• dishonesty
• double-dealing
• perfidy
• duplicity
• falseness
• shamming
• fakery
• two-facedness
• affectedness
• falsity
• self-satisfaction
• sanctimoniousness
• self-righteousness
• artificiality
• glibness
• smoothness
• pretentiousness
• fraudulentness
• oiliness
• unctuousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• genuineness
• frankness
• honesty
• openness
• candor
• truthfulness
• directness
• probity
• straightforwardness
• forthrightness
• sincereness
• naturalness
• artlessness
• openheartedness
• guilelessness
• unaffectedness

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• sincerity
• genuineness
• frankness
• honesty
• openness
• candor
• truthfulness
• directness
• probity
• straightforwardness
• forthrightness
• sincereness
• naturalness
• artlessness
• openheartedness
• guilelessness
• unaffectedness

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