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Definition of Dissembler

Dissembler
Dissembler 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.

Meaning of Dissembler from wikipedia

- advised in The Prince that a prince must become a "great feigner and dissembler." Thomas Hobbes wrote in Leviathan: "In war, force and fraud are the two...
- "Culture of dissemblance" describes a "cult of secrecy" practiced by black women in the Reconstruction era American Middle West to "protect the sanctity...
- In the theatre of ancient Greece, the eirōn (Ancient Gr****: εἴρων) "dissembler" was one of various stock characters in comedy. The eirōn usually succeeded...
- Thoughts on the Culture of Dissemblance", Hine introduced the concept of a "culture of dissemblance". She defined dissemblance as "the behavior and attitudes...
- Kumale ole Lemotaka was given the name Hinga by the Kikuyu, meaning dissembler, a name given to those who lived amongst Kikuyus but spoke the Maa language...
- Wit at Several Weapons (1613) (co-written with William Rowley) More Dissemblers Besides Women (1614) The Widow (1615–16) The Witch (1616) A Fair Quarrel...
- Tomb of the Cybermen when the Doctor is identified as "English" and, dissembling, plays along. Though David Tennant speaks with a natural Scottish accent...
- The Dissembled Wanton is a 1726 comedy play by the British writer Leonard Welsted. The original Lincoln's Inn Fields cast included James Quin as Lord Severne...
- Polk, Khary (Summer 2013). "Malcolm X, ****ual Hearsay, and Masculine Dissemblance". Biography. 36 (3): 568–584. doi:10.1353/bio.2013.0029. JSTOR 24570210...
-  325–328, 340. ISBN 0-316-86092-1. Wood, James (16 April 1998). "The Great Dissembler". London Review of Books. 20 (8). ISSN 0260-9592. Speech to St Thomas...