dissembling
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
pretending with intention to deceive
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- pretend derivation
- pretentious derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of deceiving
Types & categories
- falsification hypernym
- fakery hyponym
- indirection hyponym
- chicanery hyponym
- double-dealing hyponym
- cheating hyponym
- head game hyponym
- pretense hyponym
- imposture hyponym
- obscurantism hyponym
- four flush hyponym
- take-in hyponym
Related & opposite
- deceive derivation
- dissimulate derivation
- deceive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretend |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretentious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | deception |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bluff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pretext |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypocrisy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissimulate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | falsification |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fakery |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | indirection |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chicanery |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | double-dealing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheating |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | head game |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pretense |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | imposture |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | obscurantism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | four flush |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take-in |