dissemblance

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(di sembləns)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•sem•blance1  (di sembləns),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. dissimilarity;
    unlikeness.
  • Middle French dessemblance. See dis-1, semblance
  • late Middle English 1425–75

dis•sem•blance2  (di sembləns),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. dissembling;
    dissimulation.
  • dissemble + -ance 1550–60

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•sem•ble /dɪˈsɛmbəl/USA pronunciation   v. [no object], -bled, -bling. 
  1. to hide or conceal one's true motives or thoughts;
    speak or act hypocritically:You can always tell if he's dissembling; his voice trembles when he lies.
dis•sem•blance, n. [uncountable]
dis•sem•bler, n. [countable]See -semble-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•sem•ble  (di sembəl),USA pronunciation v., -bled, -bling. 
v.t. 
  1. to give a false or misleading appearance to;
    conceal the truth or real nature of:to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
  2. to put on the appearance of;
    feign:to dissemble innocence.
  3. [Obs.]to let pass unnoticed;
    ignore.

v.i. 
  1. to conceal one's true motives, thoughts, etc., by some pretense;
    speak or act hypocritically.
  • Latin dissimulāre. See dis-1, simulate
  • alteration (by association with obsolete semble to resemble) of Middle English dissimulen 1490–1500
dis•sembler, n. 
dis•sembling•ly, adv. 
    1. mask, hide, camouflage, dissimulate.

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