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dissembler

[dih-sem-bler] / dɪˈsɛm blər /




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His vaguely lined mien suggests premature strain, which feels at odds with a character we’re to take as an expert dissembler, not to say a sociopath.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2024

It was a steep fall for Robinson, from statewide basketball hero to discredited dissembler.

From Washington Post Apr. 24, 2019

In my own dealings with Assange, he has often overstated his abilities as a hacker; he is a self-confessed dissembler.

From The New Yorker Apr. 11, 2019

It’s particularly amazing that this gifted dissembler has received such goodwill at a time when there is such anxiety about fake news and Internet disinformation.

From Slate Jun. 6, 2017

Semyon Borisovitch talked and talked, pressing Will for details of his life, his family, his home, and Will, a practiced dissembler, answered him fully enough.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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