Synonyms ofdissembling

• noun
• as indeception
• as indeceit
• adjective
• as inlying
• verb
• as inpretending
• as indissimulating
• as indeception
• as indeceit
• as inlying
• as inpretending
• as indissimulating
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• Through shocking testimonies from government insiders, confidential documents, and private audio recordings from the highest level of the military, BODYGUARD OF LIES exposes the tangled web ofdeceptionfed to the American public by the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan.
  — Matthew Carey,Deadline, 7 May 2025
• Mauriello, a senior lecturer at the University of Maryland, said in his experience, people's sympathetic nervous system could be activated by a host of reasons — beyonddeception.
  — Juliana Kim,NPR, 30 Apr. 2025

• In Towards Zero, Rhys plays a troubled detective who tries to untangle a toxic web of jealousy,deceitand dysfunction.
  — Brianne Tracy,People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
• But today, finally, Santos has been held accountable for his years of fraud,deceitand theft.
  — Barnini Chakraborty,The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2025

• This prompt gives you enough talking points to contribute thoughtfully withoutpretending to be an expert.
  — Dr. Diane Hamilton,Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
• Interspersed in the narrative, there are South Asian folktales about a jackal who is punished forpretending to be a king and a foolish man who puts all his eggs in a basket.
  — Malaka Gharib,NPR, 21 Mar. 2025

• Impulsive, egocentric, andmendacious, Trump has, in the same span, set fire to the integrity of his office.
  — David Remnick,New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
• Her unsettling command of the character — who was equal parts sweet, vulnerable,mendacious, and menacing — was one of the highlights of the series.
  — Jake Kanter,Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024

• Instead ofassuming what people want or need, AI and machine learning analyze actual data and recommend alternatives based on individual situations.
  — Alison Coleman,Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
• At the same time, Representative Newt Gingrich from Georgia was already in ascent,assuming the position of House Minority Whip in March 1989.
  — Eli Amdur,Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025

• Republicans defend the changes as necessary to preventfraudin the petition-gathering process, but bill sponsors said that among hundreds of allegations of petition fraud in 2024, there were 18 arrests.
  — Steve Bousquet,Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2025
• Both were eventually convicted on various counts of wire and securitiesfraud, as well as money laundering.
  — Joe Otterson,Variety, 2 May 2025

• Twain was both a brilliant writer who exposed America’shypocrisieswith humor and wit, and an angry man who savored revenge, nursed grudges and blamed God for the blows fate rained down on his head.
  — Mary Ann Gwinn,Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
• But with the the Midnight Cowboy star and his inner circle making a number of films themselves overseas and in Canada, theirhypocrisyseems glaring and perhaps self-serving.
  — Dominic Patten,Deadline, 8 May 2025

• The characters are petty,duplicitous, conniving — and also, somehow, strangely sympathetic.
  — Calum Marsh,New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
• Othello star Jake Gyllenhaal’s backstage home-away-from-home in Broadway’s Barrymore theater is an extension of the Shakespearean world he’s been steeped in while developing his version of Iago, theduplicitous ensign to the titular Venetian army general played by Denzel Washington.
  — Charlotte Collins,Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2025