dissembler
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motivesSynonyms: hypocritedissimulatorphonyphoneypretenderType of deceiver, cheatKinds smoothie, whited sepulcher, Tartuffe
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Dis·sem′bler noun
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.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.— Alexander Pope
Synonyms: Dissembler, Hypocrite. 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54