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To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.
Cardinal Richelieu

Meaning of "dissimulate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISSIMULATE

dissimulate  [dɪˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISSIMULATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dissimulate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dissimulate in English.

WHAT DOES DISSIMULATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dissimulation

Dissimulation is a form of deception in which one conceals the truth. It consists of concealing the truth, or in the case of half-truths, concealing parts of the truth, like inconvenient or secret information. Dissimulation differs from simulation, in which one exhibits false information. Dissimulation commonly takes the form of concealing one's ability in order to gain the element of surprise over an opponent. Francis Bacon has the following to say on the distinction between simulation and dissimulation, "Dissimulation, in the negative; when a man lets fall signs and arguments, that he is not, that he is... Simulation, in the affirmative; when a man industriously and expressly feigns and pretends to be, that he is not." The essay from which this comes can be found here.

Definition of dissimulate in the English dictionary

The definition of dissimulate in the dictionary is to conceal by pretence.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISSIMULATE

PRESENT

Present
I dissimulate
you dissimulate
he/she/it dissimulates
we dissimulate
you dissimulate
they dissimulate
Present continuous
I am dissimulating
you are dissimulating
he/she/it is dissimulating
we are dissimulating
you are dissimulating
they are dissimulating
Present perfect
I have dissimulated
you have dissimulated
he/she/it has dissimulated
we have dissimulated
you have dissimulated
they have dissimulated
Present perfect continuous
I have been dissimulating
you have been dissimulating
he/she/it has been dissimulating
we have been dissimulating
you have been dissimulating
they have been dissimulating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I dissimulated
you dissimulated
he/she/it dissimulated
we dissimulated
you dissimulated
they dissimulated
Past continuous
I was dissimulating
you were dissimulating
he/she/it was dissimulating
we were dissimulating
you were dissimulating
they were dissimulating
Past perfect
I had dissimulated
you had dissimulated
he/she/it had dissimulated
we had dissimulated
you had dissimulated
they had dissimulated
Past perfect continuous
I had been dissimulating
you had been dissimulating
he/she/it had been dissimulating
we had been dissimulating
you had been dissimulating
they had been dissimulating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will dissimulate
you will dissimulate
he/she/it will dissimulate
we will dissimulate
you will dissimulate
they will dissimulate
Future continuous
I will be dissimulating
you will be dissimulating
he/she/it will be dissimulating
we will be dissimulating
you will be dissimulating
they will be dissimulating
Future perfect
I will have dissimulated
you will have dissimulated
he/she/it will have dissimulated
we will have dissimulated
you will have dissimulated
they will have dissimulated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dissimulating
you will have been dissimulating
he/she/it will have been dissimulating
we will have been dissimulating
you will have been dissimulating
they will have been dissimulating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would dissimulate
you would dissimulate
he/she/it would dissimulate
we would dissimulate
you would dissimulate
they would dissimulate
Conditional continuous
I would be dissimulating
you would be dissimulating
he/she/it would be dissimulating
we would be dissimulating
you would be dissimulating
they would be dissimulating
Conditional perfect
I would have dissimulate
you would have dissimulate
he/she/it would have dissimulate
we would have dissimulate
you would have dissimulate
they would have dissimulate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dissimulating
you would have been dissimulating
he/she/it would have been dissimulating
we would have been dissimulating
you would have been dissimulating
they would have been dissimulating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you dissimulate
we let´s dissimulate
you dissimulate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dissimulate
Past participle
dissimulated
Present Participle
dissimulating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISSIMULATE


accumulate
əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt
calculate
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪt
circulate
ˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪt
coagulate
kəʊˈæɡjʊˌleɪt
congratulate
kənˈɡrætjʊˌleɪt
cumulate
ˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt
ejaculate
ɪˈdʒækjʊˌleɪt
emulate
ˈɛmjʊˌleɪt
formulate
ˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt
insulate
ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪt
manipulate
məˈnɪpjʊˌleɪt
modulate
ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪt
populate
ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt
postulate
ˈpɒstjʊˌleɪt
reformulate
riːˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt
regulate
ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪt
simulate
ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt
speculate
ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪt
stimulate
ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪt
stipulate
ˈstɪpjʊˌleɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISSIMULATE

dissimilar
dissimilarities
dissimilarity
dissimilarly
dissimilate
dissimilation
dissimilative
dissimilatory
dissimile
dissimilitude
dissimulation
dissimulative
dissimulator
dissipable
dissipate
dissipated
dissipatedly
dissipatedness
dissipater
dissipation

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISSIMULATE

absquatulate
articulate
chocolate
consulate
copulate
demodulate
depopulate
deregulate
emasculate
geniculate
immaculate
matriculate
ovulate
particulate
recalculate
recirculate
repopulate
reticulate
triangulate
undulate
ungulate

Synonyms and antonyms of dissimulate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISSIMULATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dissimulate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dissimulate

Translation of «dissimulate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISSIMULATE

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

Translator English - Chinese

掩饰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disimular
570 millions of speakers

English

dissimulate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يتسترون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

притворяться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dissimular
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খলতা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dissimuler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Disimulasikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verbergen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dissimulate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

즐기는 척
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dissimulate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

che đậy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dissimulate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भ्रष्ट करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belli etmemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dissimulare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zatajanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прикидатися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

disimula
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποκριθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wegsteek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förställa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dissimulate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dissimulate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISSIMULATE»

The term «dissimulate» is regularly used and occupies the 95.646 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISSIMULATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dissimulate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dissimulate» 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 dissimulate

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «DISSIMULATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dissimulate.
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Cardinal Richelieu
To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISSIMULATE»

Discover the use of dissimulate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dissimulate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Berzerker Albums: The Berzerker, Animosity, World of ...
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LLC Books, 2010
2
How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You ...
dissimulate. e.g. In advertisements for holidays, models are often pictured disporting themselves on sunlit beaches ... dissimulate. (verb) = to hide one's true thoughts from the Latin dissimulare: to conceal e.g. Faced with a large hotel bill, Errol ...
Hubert van den Bergh, 2010
3
Notes and Queries
Dissimulate. — Where is the earliest use of this word to be found ? It is to be met with in Bernard Mandeville's Fable of the Bees, 1723 ; but is not to be found, I think, in any dictionary. I was once heavily censured at school for using it in my ...
William White, 1853
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英语词源浅析:
... ^Afë: "necklace made of genuine simulated pearls, low price! High quality ! 1ШС simulated 8 dissimulate, dissimulation, dissimulator, dissemble, dissemblance J ЙШГШ dis-jePJT^'-hföfEffl. йГЯУФ*. ^^ dissimulate (/di'simjuleit/) ^WÄ^W^^fft, ...
翁燕珩, 2003
5
Irony on Occasion: From Schlegel and Kierkegaard to Derrida ...
It is possible to dissimulate an essence only where we suppose there is first of all an essence that could eventually be disclosed, just as the concept of adaptability ordinarily presupposes a content or essence that can then be adapted to ...
Kevin Newmark, 2012
6
The Passions in Play: Thyestes and the Dynamics of Senecan Drama
The distinction is not between those who dissimulate and those who do not, but between effective and ineffective dissimulation. The intellectually superior Atreus is fully aware of Thyestes' deception, and goes on to triumph over him. Thyestes ...
Alessandro Schiesaro, 2003
7
Bernini: His Life and His Rome
Because one can never truly understand Baroque behavior, including Bernini's, without understanding the politics of dissimulation, some further discussion is in order.13 “I Beg You to Dissimulate” Bernini may have wept while saying goodbye  ...
Franco Mormando, 2011
8
The Art and Material Culture of Iranian Shi'ism: Iconography ...
Ṭūsī's answer is that the third report allows prostration in circumstances other than those that give rise to an obligation to dissimulate: It is permitted to prostrate upon these two substances [cotton and flax] when there is no dissimulation (idhā  ...
Pedram Khosronejad, 2012
9
Postmodernism and Social Inquiry
For Baudrillard, the "decisive turning point" in cultural development is "the transition from signs which dissimulate something to signs which dissimulate that there is nothing" (1983a, p. 12). To reach this point, the evolution of the sign goes  ...
David R. Dickens, Andrea Fontana, 1994
10
Kamta: A Practical Kamitic Path for Obtaining Power
Why. Dissimulate? Now. there are some that will ask why have I included the names from other traditions in this practice. It is because, although we are in the 21st century and most of the oppressive laws forbidding us from practicing our ...
Derric Moore, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISSIMULATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dissimulate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Italy amends Bankruptcy Act and other laws to facilitate …
The Decree introduces criminal sanctions for debtors who dissimulate or artificially create claims to fraudulently influence financial creditors ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
2
Japan must stop airbrushing history of progress is to be made
... of its factories and industrial locations designated as World Heritage sites, I might just have passed over this move by Japan to dissimulate. «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
3
Nazarbayev: 'There are no untouchables in Kazakhstan'
we found ourselves in such poor conditions” the president said, “I couldn't dissimulate this with everyone of course, but [foreigners] believed in ... «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
4
A Facet of True Moroccan Character
... forty to fifty women scared to death and trying to find refuge by pressing themselves against one another in an effort to dissimulate their fear. «Morocco World News, Jun 15»
5
Transparency in the Time of Ebola: Encouraging the Timely Sharing …
The decision to delay notification and dissimulate information could very well be the result of rational and even well-intended policymaking. «African Law & Business, Jun 15»
6
South Korea: Migrants and Nationalism
“In calculating their wages, the South Korean state and capital dissimulate that migrant workers' bodies, work, and life are somehow ... «The Diplomat, Jun 15»
7
Former MIT lecturer who robbed a bank in the name of art pleads …
... self and persona, his films and tapes combine a desire to connect, to confess, with a contradictory impulse to confabulate and dissimulate.”. «Washington Post, Jun 15»
8
Noted Artist Pleads Guilty To Bank Robbery He Filmed Himself …
... to confess, with a contradictory impulse to confabulate and dissimulate” — has been detained since his January arrest. While behind bars, he ... «io9, Jun 15»
9
Heist or art? Ex-MIT lecturer pleads guilty to bank robbery
... fact and fiction, self and persona” and “combine a desire to connect, to confess, with a contradictory impulse to confabulate and dissimulate.”. «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
10
Catholic Church: Quarter of Argentineans in Poverty
... of Caritas Oscar Ojea also waded into the debate, saying that discussion of relative statistics only served to “dissimulate the real problem.”. «PanAm Post, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Dissimulate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dissimulate>. Apr 2024 ».
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