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Meaning of "dissemblance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISSEMBLANCE

dissemblance  [dɪˈsɛmbləns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISSEMBLANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dissemblance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DISSEMBLANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dissemblance in the English dictionary

The definition of dissemblance in the dictionary is the act of concealing your real motives, emotions, etc by pretence. Other definition of dissemblance is lack of resemblance.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISSEMBLANCE


ambulance
ˈæmbjʊləns
assemblance
əˈsɛmbləns
balance
ˈbæləns
condolence
kənˈdəʊləns
equivalence
ɪˈkwɪvələns
excellence
ˈɛksələns
imbalance
ɪmˈbæləns
opulence
ˈɒpjʊləns
prevalence
ˈprevələns
resemblance
rɪˈzɛmbləns
semblance
ˈsɛmbləns
silence
ˈsaɪləns
surveillance
sɜːˈveɪləns
turbulence
ˈtɜːbjʊləns
ultraviolence
ˌʌltrəˈvaɪələns
valance
ˈvæləns
valence
ˈveɪləns
vigilance
ˈvɪdʒɪləns
violence
ˈvaɪələns
virulence
ˈvɪrʊləns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISSEMBLANCE

disseisee
disseisin
disseisor
disseize
disseizee
disseizin
disseizor
disselboom
dissemble
dissembler
dissembling
dissemblingly
dissembly
disseminate
disseminated cancer
disseminated sclerosis
dissemination
disseminative
disseminator
disseminule

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISSEMBLANCE

account balance
advance
air ambulance
at a glance
Ballance
bank balance
counterbalance
elance
freelance
glance
in the balance
lance
on balance
opening balance
parlance
strike a balance
the Balance
trial balance
unbalance
video surveillance
work/life balance

Synonyms and antonyms of dissemblance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dissemblance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISSEMBLANCE

Find out the translation of dissemblance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dissemblance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dissemblance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dissemblance
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disimulo
570 millions of speakers

English

dissemblance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dissemblance
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نفاق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

маскировки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dissemblance
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কপট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dissimulation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pencabulan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dissemblance
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dissemblance
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dissemblance
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dissemblance
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

che đậy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dissemblance
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भेदभाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dissemblance
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dissimulazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dissemblance
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

маскування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

duplicitatea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dissemblance
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dissemblance
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dissemblance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dissemblance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dissemblance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISSEMBLANCE»

The term «dissemblance» is normally little used and occupies the 128.295 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISSEMBLANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dissemblance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dissemblance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dissemblance

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISSEMBLANCE»

Discover the use of dissemblance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dissemblance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fra Angelico: Dissemblance and Figuration
In the work of Fra Angelico, an alternate strain of Renaissance painting emerges to challenge rather than reinforce verisimilitude.
Georges Didi-Huberman, Angelico (fra), 1995
2
Hine Sight: Black Women and the Re-construction of American ...
Rape and the Inner Lives of Black Women Thoughts on the Culture of Dissemblance One of the most remarked upon but least analyzed themes in the history of southern black women deals with black women's sexual vulnerability and ...
Darlene Clark Hine, 1994
3
Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought
Darlene Clark Hine } RAPE And The Inner Lives Of Black Women In The Middle West: Preliminary Thoughts On The Culture Of DissEMBLANCE ne of the most remarked upon but least analyzed themes in black women's history deals with ...
Beverly Guy-Sheftall, 1995
4
The Gender/sexuality Reader: Culture, History, Political Economy
28. Rape. and. the. Inner. Lives. of. Black. Women. in. the. Middle. West. Preliminary. Thoughts. on. the. Culture. of. Dissemblance. Darlene Clark Hine One of the most remarked upon but least analyzed themes in Black women's history deals ...
Roger N. Lancaster, Micaela Di Leonardo, 1997
5
Similarity and Compatibility in Fuzzy Set Theory: Assessment ...
The dissemblance index can be decomposed into a left distance, T>i(V, W) = \vi - wi\/(2(02 - 0i)), and a right distance, Dr(V, W) = \v2 - w2\/(2(p2 - A)), so that V(V, W ) = V,(V,W) + Vr(V,W). Division by 2(02 - 0i) produces a normalized distance; ...
Valerie V. Cross, Thomas A. Sudkamp, 2002
6
Lying and Deception in Everyday Life
Drawing upon clinical literature, especially marital counseling (e.g., Bradbury & Fincham, 1987), we will describe several specific ways in which emotional dissemblance may become maladaptive. Our examples will focus on adults rather than ...
Michael Lewis, Carolyn Saarni, 1993
7
The Social Context of Nonverbal Behavior
Ability to Implement Emotional Dissemblance. Control of skeletal muscles, especially in the face, is critical to being able to modify one's emotional- expressive behavior and thus dissemble the outward expression of one's feelings . Children ...
Pierre Philippot, Robert S. Feldman, Erik J. Coats, 1999
8
Child and Adolescent Development in Your Classroom
8-2b EMOTIONAL DISSEMBLANCE—FAKING IT Shonese practiced emotional dissemblance when she did not respond to the children teasing her. Emotional dissemblance refers to expressing no emotion or expressing an emotion that is ...
Christi Crosby Bergin, David Allen Bergin, 2014
9
Way Up North in Louisville: African American Migration in ...
Among migrants, it was known as putting on your “monkeyshine,” the “coon act,” or “playing the game”; among scholars, it has been called the “art” or “culture” of dissemblance. No matter the name, the game was essentially the same. Darlene  ...
Luther Adams, 2010
10
The Wisdom in Feeling: Psychological Processes in Emotional ...
Even before such rules are understood, however, children understand attempts at hiding emotion completely (i.e., dissemblance). Knowledge of Dissemblance Hiding emotions by masking can be advantageous to young children as soon as  ...
Lisa Feldman Barrett, Peter Salovey, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISSEMBLANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dissemblance is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Demonise the SALC — SA's deflective strategy over Bashir saga
... nappy-changing and I almost wish my life had once been filled with such intrigue that I might once have been such a master of dissemblance. «Rand Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Part III: Is American Fiction a Prop for Neoliberal Ideology?
... completely other than its real substance, wearing convenient armatures of dissemblance, because to present itself as the pure artifice that it is ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
3
Revisiting Nigeria's Political Trajectory
... through intra-party schisms among vested interests, power-tussle among rivals, covert and overt anti-party moves and outright dissemblance. «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
4
African American Women and Sex Education in the 1940s
In opposition to this social stigma, many African American women adopted a culture of dissemblance where women kept silent about sexuality ... «New Historian, Jun 15»
5
Heads you win at Portrait Gallery sculpture show
This wide-ranging exhibition of sculptural portrait heads is full of honesty and dissemblance, familiarity and surprise.The visitor's own first ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
6
Review: The Real Thing
In a play filled with dissemblance, sometimes unintentional, sometimes deliberate, Max's emotional, ineloquent response—tears, a shaky and ... «Oxford Student, May 15»
7
Garden tips on beating the drought
It would literally and symbolically be the dissemblance of our family's dream. Instead of taking a radical approach of redoing everything we are ... «Visalia Times-Delta, May 15»
8
The David Cameron story
"In my experience, Cameron never gave a straight answer when dissemblance was a plausible alternative," business journalist Jeff Randall. «BBC News, May 15»
9
Movie Listings for May 8-14
'The Water Diviner' (R, 1:51) For his muddled directorial debut about love in the time of war and dissemblance, Russell Crowe wanted to go full ... «New York Times, May 15»
10
Obiano's responsive administration
It will be tempting providence to portray the Nigerian politician any better, or try to sugarcoat him in dissemblance. However, it has become ... «Daily Sun, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dissemblance [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dissemblance>. May 2024 ».
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