dissemblance
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Diana’s story is, for better and worse, the ultimate proof that glamour is not the same as happiness; indeed, it is an art of dissemblance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
For “The Water Diviner,” his muddled directorial debut about love in the time of war and dissemblance, Russell Crowe wanted to go full David Lean while nodding at Peter Weir’s “Gallipoli.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2015
In truth it seems that too often a girl must dissemble—hateful as dissemblance in men.
From Hints for Lovers by T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold) Haultain
"I see where you are heading, but——" "I do not like dissemblance, Stephen," she warned.
From Then I'll Come Back to You by Larry Evans
As this latter animal is quite one-third head, he has no very great dissemblance to the alligator in this particular.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by James Fenimore Cooper
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