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Meaning of DISSEMBLING

Pronunciation:  d`is'embling

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of deceiving
  2. [n]  pretending with intention to deceive
  3. [adj]  concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive; "dissimulative arts"
 
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 Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulating, dissimulation, dissimulative, feigning, insincere, pretence, pretense
 
 See Also: bluff, bluff, cheat, cheating, chicanery, deceit, deception, delusion, double-dealing, duplicity, fakery, falsification, feigning, four flush, guile, head game, hypocrisy, illusion, impersonation, imposture, indirection, lip service, misrepresentaation, misrepresentation, obscurantism, pretence, pretending, pretense, pretext, shenanigan, simulation, stalking-horse, trickery, wile

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dis*sem"bling\, a.
That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- {Dis*sem"bling*ly},
adv.
 

 

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