More words related to dissimulation
dissemblance
noun. dissimilarity
duplicity
noun. deception
equivocation
noun. avoidance of an issue
- ambiguity
- amphibology
- casuistry
- coloring
- con
- cop out
- cover
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- dissimulation
- distortion
- double entendre
- double meaning
- double talk
- doubtfulness
- duplicity
- equivocality
- evasion
- fallacy
- fib
- fibbing
- hedging
- lie
- line
- lying
- misrepresentation
- prevarication
- quibbling routine
- run-around
- shuffling
- song
- song and dance
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- stall
- stonewall
- tergiversation
- waffle
falsehood
noun. lie
- canard
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- dissimulation
- distortion
- equivocation
- erroneousness
- error
- fable
- fabrication
- fakery
- fallaciousness
- fallacy
- falseness
- falsity
- feigning
- fib
- fibbery
- fiction
- figment
- fraud
- half truth
- hogwash
- line
- mendacity
- misstatement
- perjury
- pretense
- prevarication
- sham
- story
- tale
- tall tale
- untruism
- untruth
- untruthfulness
- whopper
- yarn
guile
noun. slyness, cleverness
hypocrisy
noun. deceitfulness, pretense
- affectation
- bad faith
- bigotry
- cant
- casuistry
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- display
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- false profession
- falsity
- fraud
- glibness
- imposture
- insincerity
- irreverence
- lie
- lip service
- mockery
- pharisaicalness
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- pietism
- quackery
- sanctimoniousness
- sanctimony
- speciousness
- unctuousness
imposition
noun. deception
make believe
noun. unreality
make-believe
noun. unreality
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