dissimulator
dissimulator · dissimulators
One who dissimulatesOne who dissimulates.
Meaning
1 sensesOne who dissimulates.
More definitions
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
Origin
From Latin dissimulātor, from dissimulāre (“to conceal, to pretend, to neglect”) + -tor (“From Latin dissimulātor, from dissimulāre (“to conceal, to pretend, to neglect”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from dissimilis (“unlike”) + -āre (“forming verbs”). Equivalent to dissimulate + -or.
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Forms
plural: dissimulators| Singular | dissimulator |
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regular
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives:hypocritedissemblerphonyphoneypretender
Word family
1 related wordsDeriveddissimulatress
See also
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