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dissimulation
Synonyms and Antonyms of dissimulation
- We were sure his promises were sincere and not just dissimulation.
equivocation, lying, mendacity, prevarication
chicane, chicanery, fraudulence, hanky-panky, 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
- She refused to indulge in dissimulation simply to be popular.
deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, double-dealing, falsity, perfidy, two-facedness
affectation, affectedness, pretense (or pretence), pretension, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, self-righteousness, self-satisfaction
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