Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions, character, etc., under a false appearance; one who pretends that a thing which is is not.
- noun Synonyms Dissembler, Hypocrite. A dissembler is one who tries to conceal what he is; a hypocrite, one who tries to make himself appear to be what he is not, especially to seem better than he is. See
dissemble .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun someone who
dissembles
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sarah Palin is a hypocrite, a liar, a dissembler, an opportunist.
Think Progress » MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Mocks Sarah Palin By Writing ‘Cheat Sheet’ On Her Hand 2010
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Only a fool could not see through that arch dissembler from day one.
Archive 2008-04-01 Not a sheep 2008
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But let's remember this: Bowman is a master dissembler and is prone to making disingenuous comments at times such as these; comments designed to deflect any suspicions that he may have had a role in this decision.
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Only a fool could not see through that arch dissembler from day one.
Popular Gordon? Not a sheep 2008
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I am who I claim to be, and I do know stats, the views of the dissembler notwithstanding.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Bill Clinton: I Opposed Iraq War From The Beginning 2009
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You are just an intellectually dishonest hack ... a dissembler.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Bill Clinton: I Opposed Iraq War From The Beginning 2009
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It is not by accident that I refer to you as "the dissembler."
Hillary Official Who Made Obama Drug Comment Is A Goner 2009
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That last post to the dissembler was mine ... sorry.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Bill Clinton: I Opposed Iraq War From The Beginning 2009
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But try as he might, the master dissembler, with the walls closing in, proves unable to get out of anything.
William Bradley: Mad Men: "Seven Twenty Three" -- HuffPost Review 2009
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If he's willing to use their lying and dissembling to his advantage, doesn't that make him a liar and dissembler also?
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