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dissemblance

noun (1)
dis·​semblance | \ də̇semblən(t)s\

Definition of dissemblance

 (Entry 1 of 2)

: lack of resemblance : dissimilitude

dissemblance

noun (2)
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Definition of dissemblance (Entry 2 of 2)

: the act or the art of dissembling : dissimulation

History and Etymology for dissemblance

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Middle French dessemblance, from dessembler to be unlike (from des- dis- entry 1 + -sembler, as in resembler to resemble) + -ance

Noun (2)

dissemble + -ance

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