dissimulation

dissimulation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimulations)

The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
Synonyms: deceptiveness, trickery, underhandedness; see also Thesaurus:deceit
- 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.
Hiding one's feelings or intentions.

the act of concealing the truth

Bulgarian: преструвка (bg) (prestruvka), лицемерие (bg) (licemerie)
Catalan: dissimulació f
Danish: forstillelse c, hykleri (da) n
French: dissimulation (fr) f
Greek: συγκάλυψη (el) f (sygkálypsi), απόκρυψη (el) f (apókrypsi)
Ancient Greek: εἰρωνεία f (eirōneía)
Hindi: ढोंग m (ḍhoṅg), स्वाँग (hi) m (svāṅg), मिथ्या (hi) f (mithyā), छल (hi) m (chal), माया (hi) f (māyā), झूठ (hi) m (jhūṭh), कपट (hi) m (kapaṭ)
Italian: dissimulazione (it) f
Kabuverdianu: fantuxada
Middle English: dissimulacioun
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forstillelse (no) m
Persian: تدلیس (fa) (tadlis)
Sanskrit: मिथ्या (sa) f (mithyā), छल (sa) n (chala), माया (sa) f (māyā), कपट (sa) m or n (kapaṭa)
Spanish: disimulación (es) f, disimulo (es) m
Ukrainian: дисимуляція f (dysymuljacija), приховування (uk) n (pryxovuvannja)

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