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/dɪsˈsɛmbləns/ · dis·sem·blance
noun
- A false appearance; pretence; the act of disguising one's true motives or feelings. His polite smile was merely a dissemblance that hid his contempt for the proposal.
- The quality of being deceptive or insincere; hypocrisy. The politician's dissemblance was evident when he promised tax cuts but later raised rates.
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Did you know? Although common in 17th‑century literature, "dissemblance" fell out of everyday use and is now considered a rare or archaic term, often replaced by the simpler "pretense".