dissemblance
noun[ C or U ]
formaluk /dɪˈsem.bləns/ us /dɪˈsem.bləns/
the act of hiding something such as the truth or your real intentions: 掩盖;假装
people who take power by dissemblance or deceit通过伪装或欺骗获得权力的人
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Faking & pretending
affect
air guitar
assume
believe
bluff someone into something/doing something
changeling
cry
false
false modesty
falsifiable
falsify
feign
pass something off as something
phoney
phony-baloney
play-act
play-acting
professed
purport
quack
Examples of dissemblance
dissemblance
In her labours of dissemblance and calculations of disposition the courtesan differed little from other agents at court.
Anything between that seems to me to smack of dissemblance.
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