dissembler
pronunciation
How to pronounce dissembler in British English:
UK [dɪ'səmblə]
How to pronounce dissembler in American English:
US [dɪ'səmblə]
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- Noun:
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold
Word Origin
- dissembler (n.)
- 1520s, agent noun from dissemble.
Example
- 1. These fatwas explain the rum list of candidates : you either have to be an unelectable extremist who genuinely believes all this , or a dissembler prepared to tie yourself in ever more elaborate knots ( the flexible mr romney ) .
- 2. But if a man cannot obtain to that judgment , then it is left to him , generally , to be close , and a dissembler .