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Webster 1913 Edition

dissimulation

dis-simˊu-la′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
dissimulatio
: cf. F.
dissimulation
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dissimulation

DISSIMULATION

,
Noun.
[L., to make like; like.] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; a feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy. Dissimulation may be simply concealment of the opinions, sentiments or purpose; but it includes also the assuming of a false or counterfeit appearance which conceals the real opinions or purpose. Dissimulation among statesmen is sometimes regarded as a necessary vice, or as no vice at all.
Let love be without dissimulation. Romans 12.

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