dissembling

1. is a type of: deceit, deception, misrepresentation - a misleading falsehood
   subtypes:

   • bluff - pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
   • pretext, stalking-horse - something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
   • hypocrisy, lip service - an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
   same as: feigning, pretence, pretense
2. is a type of: falsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts
   subtypes:

   • fakery - the act of faking (or the product of faking)
   • indirection - deceitful action that is not straightforward
   • chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
   • double-dealing, duplicity - acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
   • cheat, cheating - a deception for profit to yourself
   • delusion, head game, illusion - the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
   • feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation - the act of giving a false appearance
   • impersonation, imposture - pretending to be another person
   • obscurantism - a deliberate act intended to make something obscure
   • bluff, four flush - the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
   • take-in - the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone
   same as: deceit, deception, dissimulation

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