dissimulation

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dissimulacioun, from Old French dissimulation, from Latin dissimulātiō; equivalent to dissimule +‎ -ation.

Noun

dissimulation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimulations)

1. The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Changes in London”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 233:

     Perhaps it was best to tell Ethel at once: if ever she went into society at all, she would inevitably hear of it, and her own concealment would have the appearance of a dissimulation,—the furthest from her thoughts.

2. Hiding one's feelings or intentions.

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-‎ (0 c, 74 e)

Translations

the act of concealing the truth

• Bulgarian: преструвка (bg) (prestruvka), лицемерие (bg) (licemerie)
• Danish: forstillelse c, hykleri (da) n
• French: dissimulation (fr) f
• Greek: συγκάλυψη (el) f (sygkálypsi), απόκρυψη (el) f (apókrypsi)

  Ancient Greek: εἰρωνεία f (eirōneía)

• Italian: dissimulazione (it) f
• Kabuverdianu: fantuxada
• Middle English: dissimulacioun
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forstillelse (no) m

• Persian: تدلیس‎ (fa) (tadlis)
• Ukrainian: дисимуляція f (dysymuljacija), приховування (uk) n (pryxovuvannja)

French

Etymology

From Latin dissimulātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.si.my.la.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

dissimulation f (plural dissimulations)

1. dissimulation

Related terms

• dissimuler

Further reading

• “dissimulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.