dissimulation

Inherited from Middle English dissimulacioun, from Old French dissimulation, from Latin dissimulātiō; equivalent to dissimule +‎ -ation.

dissimulation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimulations)

1. The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Changes in London”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 233:

     Perhaps it was best to tell Ethel at once: if ever she went into society at all, she would inevitably hear of it, and her own concealment would have the appearance of a dissimulation,—the furthest from her thoughts.

2. Hiding one's feelings or intentions.

From Latin dissimulātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /di.si.my.la.sjɔ̃/

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dissimulation f (plural dissimulations)

1. dissimulation

• dissimuler

• “dissimulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.