01 n. The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
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The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.“Let love be without dissimulation.” — Rom. xii. 9.“Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is.” — Bacon.“Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is.” — Tatler.