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1
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery
- got whatever she wanted through shameless dissimulation
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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
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“Dissimulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissimulation. Accessed 17 May. 2022.
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