dissemblance

1 of 2

noun (1)

dis·​semblance

də̇semblən(t)s

: lack of resemblance : dissimilitude

dissemblance

2 of 2

noun (2)

"

: the act or the art of dissembling : dissimulation

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Middle French dessemblance, from dessembler to be unlike (from des- dis- entry 1 + -sembler, as in resembler to resemble) + -ance

Noun (2)

dissemble + -ance

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