dissembler : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dissembler	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dissembler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dissembler n a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives Synonym(s): hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dissembler \Dissem"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 here. --Pope. Syn: {Dissembler}, {Hypocrite}. Usage: 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.