About The Word Dissembler
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Dissembler
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What's The Definition Of Dissembler?
[n] a person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dissembler: hypocrite | phoney | phony | pretender Related Terms | Find terms related to Dissembler: See Also | beguiler | charmer | cheat | cheater | deceiver | slicker | smoothie | smoothy | sweet talker | Tartufe | Tartuffe | trickster | whited sepulcher | whited sepulchre Dissembler In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*sem"bler\, n.
One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or
dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.
It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the
greatest dissemblers. --Bacon.
Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here. --Pope.
Syn: {Dissembler}, {Hypocrite}.
Usage: A person is called a dissembler with reference to his
concealment of his real character, and a hypocrite
with reference to his assumption of a false character.
But hypocrite is the stronger word, being commonly
used to characterize a person who is habitually
insincere and false, especially one who makes
professions of goodness when his aims are selfish and
his life corrupt.
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