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dissimulation

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Synonyms & Antonyms of dissimulation

1 the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery

got whatever she wanted through shameless dissimulation

Synonyms for dissimulation

Words Related to dissimulation

equivocation,
lying,
mendacity,
prevarication

chicane,
chicanery,
fraudulence,
hanky-panky,
jugglery,
legerdemain,
mountebankery,
obliquity,
skulduggery
(or skullduggery),
subterfuge,
swindling,
trickery,
wile

falsehood,
falsity,
fib,
untruth

hypocrisy,
insincerity,
sanctimoniousness,
two-facedness

artfulness,
caginess
(also cageyness),
deviousness,
shrewdness

treacherousness,
underhandedness,
unscrupulousness

covertness,
furtiveness,
secrecy,
shadiness,
sneakiness,
stealthiness

oiliness,
shiftiness,
slickness,
slipperiness,
slyness,
smoothness

Near Antonyms for dissimulation

candidness,
candor,
directness,
frankness,
openness,
plainness,
plainspokenness

honesty,
probity

dependability,
reliability,
reliableness,
solidity,
trustability,
trustiness,
trustworthiness

decency,
goodness,
incorruptibility,
integrity,
righteousness,
truthfulness,
uprightness,
virtuousness

Antonyms for dissimulation

artlessness,
forthrightness,
good faith,
guilelessness,
ingenuousness,
sincerity

2 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 for dissimulation

cant,
dissembling,
hypocrisy,
insincerity,
piousness

Words Related to dissimulation

deceit,
deceitfulness,
deception,
deceptiveness,
dishonesty,
double-dealing,
falsity,
perfidy,
two-facedness

affectation,
affectedness,
pretense
(or pretence),
pretension,
pretentiousness,
sanctimoniousness,
self-righteousness,
self-satisfaction

duplicity,
fakery,
falseness,
fraudulentness,
shamming

artificiality,
glibness,
oiliness,
smoothness,
unctuousness

Near Antonyms for dissimulation

candor,
directness,
forthrightness,
frankness,
honesty,
openheartedness,
openness,
probity,
straightforwardness,
truthfulness

artlessness,
guilelessness,
naturalness,
unaffectedness

Antonyms for dissimulation

genuineness,
sincereness,
sincerity

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