Dissimulate
/dɪˈsɪmjuleɪt/verb
To hide or pretend your true feelings or intentions.
She tried to dissimulate her grief at the funeral.
Often appears as...
- dissimulate her feelings
- dissimulate his intentions
verb
To hide or pretend your true feelings or intentions.
She tried to dissimulate her grief at the funeral.
Often appears as...
- dissimulate her feelings
- dissimulate his intentions
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional camouflage
Dissimulate is used when someone hides their emotions to deceive or to maintain harmony.
Despite feeling upset, he dissimulated happiness at his friend's success.
Pro Tip 2/3Strategic responses
Sometimes dissimulate is used strategically, such as in politics or negotiations, to hide true plans.
The diplomat had to dissimulate his intentions during the talks.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative connotation
To dissimulate often has a negative connotation, suggesting dishonesty or a lack of authenticity.
He was disliked because he often dissimulated his discontent.
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Quote examples
Robert Burns
Scottish Poet
There is something so mean and unmanly in the arts of dissimulation and falsehood that I am surprised they can be used by anyone in so noble, so generous a passion as virtuous love.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
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Cardinal Richelieu
French Clergyman
To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.
Quote examples
Robert Burns
Scottish Poet
There is something so mean and unmanly in the arts of dissimulation and falsehood that I am surprised they can be used by anyone in so noble, so generous a passion as virtuous love.
Quote examples
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
Quote examples
Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
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Cardinal Richelieu
French Clergyman
To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.
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