dissimulation

🇺🇸 /dɪˌsɪmjuˈleɪʃn/ 🇬🇧 /dɪˌsɪmjuˈleɪʃn/
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Hiding your true feelings or intentions by pretending to have different ones

Despite his anger, he maintained a facade of calm, a classic example of dissimulation.

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n. Hiding your true feelings or intentions by pretending to have different ones

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Plural dissimulations