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A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold
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dissembler
Word definitions for dissembler in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold [syn: hypocrite , phony , phoney , pretender ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. someone who dissembles
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, agent noun from dissemble .
Usage examples of dissembler.
Nevertheless, that a male dissembler who by deluging her with untenable fictions charms the female wisely, may acquire powers reaching to the extremity of perdition, is a truth taught to many by unsought and wringing occurrences.
The Spicers are dissemblers and braggarts and the Brotherhood is full of pirates.