dissemblance[noun]Synonyms: dissimilarity, alterity, difference, discrepancy, dissimilitude, distinction, divergence, divergency, otherness, unlikeness
[noun]Synonyms: deceit, cunning, dissimulation, duplicity, guile
Antonyms: resemblance, semblance
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dissemblance noun.
[dɪ'sɛmbl(ǝ)ns] LME.[In sense 1 from Old French dessemblance (mod. dissemblance), from dessembler be unlike, from des- DIS- 2 + sembler resemble, seem: see -ANCE. In sense 2 alt. of DISSIMULANCE after dissemble.]1. Dissimilarity, (a) lack of resemblance.
LME.2. The action of dissembling, dissimulation.
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