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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] dissimulatus, past participle of dissimulare, from dis- + simulare to [[simulate]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
Rare before the end of 18th cent.; not in Johnson, Todd, nor Webster 1828.
==Definitions==
*: to hide under a false [[appearance]] <smiled to dissimulate her urgency — Alice Glenday>
==Description==
'''Dissimulation''' is a form of [[deception]] in which one conceals the [[truth]]. It consists of concealing the truth, or in the case of half-truths, concealing [[parts]] of the truth, like inconvenient or [[secret]] [[information]]. Dissimulation differs from [[simulation]], in which one exhibits [[false]] information. Dissimulation commonly takes the form of concealing one's [[ability]] in order to gain the element of [[surprise]] over an opponent.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon Francis Bacon] has the following to say on the distinction between simulation and dissimulation, "Dissimulation, in the [[negative]]; when a man lets fall [[signs]] and [[arguments]], that he is not, that he is... Simulation, in the [[affirmative]]; when a man industriously and expressly feigns and pretends to be, that he is not." The [[essay]] from which this comes can be found [http://www.authorama.com/essays-of-francis-bacon-7.html here].
[[Category: Philosophy]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] dissimulatus, past participle of dissimulare, from dis- + simulare to [[simulate]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
Rare before the end of 18th cent.; not in Johnson, Todd, nor Webster 1828.
==Definitions==
*: to hide under a false [[appearance]] <smiled to dissimulate her urgency — Alice Glenday>
==Description==
'''Dissimulation''' is a form of [[deception]] in which one conceals the [[truth]]. It consists of concealing the truth, or in the case of half-truths, concealing [[parts]] of the truth, like inconvenient or [[secret]] [[information]]. Dissimulation differs from [[simulation]], in which one exhibits [[false]] information. Dissimulation commonly takes the form of concealing one's [[ability]] in order to gain the element of [[surprise]] over an opponent.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon Francis Bacon] has the following to say on the distinction between simulation and dissimulation, "Dissimulation, in the [[negative]]; when a man lets fall [[signs]] and [[arguments]], that he is not, that he is... Simulation, in the [[affirmative]]; when a man industriously and expressly feigns and pretends to be, that he is not." The [[essay]] from which this comes can be found [http://www.authorama.com/essays-of-francis-bacon-7.html here].
[[Category: Philosophy]]
