Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dissemblance

/dɪˈsɛmbləns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-sem-blance
IPA: /dɪˈsɛmbləns/

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of dissembling.

Countable

noun

Dissembling, as a kind of behavior; dissembling, generally.

Uncountable

noun

Dissimilarity, unlikeness.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Such dissemblance, at any rate, is not a temptation at this exhibition."
"With Mae West, coquettish dissemblance was out; womanly seductiveness was in."
"As this latter animal [the sperm whale] is quite one-third head, he has no very great dissemblance to the alligator in this particular."
"Moreover, at any season there is a difference between down grass and mountain grass, between sea grass and valley grass, between moor grass and wood grass. It may be slight, and not in kind but only in shadowy dissemblances of texture and hue."

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪˈsɛmbləns/

Usage

Inflected Forms

dissemblances (plural)

Synonyms

concealment dissimulation indirectness difference distinction

Questions

How do you pronounce dissemblance?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈsɛmbləns/.
What does dissemblance mean?: An act of dissembling.

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