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Dissembler

Dissembler Meaning & Definition
Dissembler Definition And Meaning

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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