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dissembler

C2 Topic:People & Society
US /dɪˈsɛmblɚ/ UK /dɪˈsɛmblə/
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1 noun · a person who conceals true... deceiverhypocritepretenderphony
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An English agent noun from dissemble + -er. Dissemble was reshaped in Middle English from earlier dissimuler under the influence of semblance and resemble; it ultimately comes from Latin dissimulare, 'to conceal or disguise,' from dissimilis, 'unlike.'

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