dissembling
偽る
解説 Definition
本心や真意を隠して、偽りを装うこと。虚偽を表現する行為または態度。
Dissembling means hiding your true thoughts, feelings, or intentions, often by pretending or being misleading. It is a formal word and is usually used when someone is not being fully honest about what they really mean.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
dissembling は、表面だけを整えて本心を見せない場面と結びつけると残りやすい語です。単なる lie が「事実と違うことを言う」のに対し、dissemble は表情・態度・言い方まで作って真意を隠す感じ。a dissembling smile, politicians are dissembling のように「取りつくろう偽り」で覚えるとよいです。つづりは resemble や disassemble に少し似ますが、意味は「似る」「分解する」ではなく「ごまかして隠す」なので混同注意。
Remember `dissembling` as hiding your real thoughts behind a false outside. Unlike a simple `lie`, it often suggests pretending through your face, tone, or behavior as well. A phrase like `a dissembling smile` helps fix that image in memory.
例文
He was dissembling his true feelings.
彼は本当の気持ちを隠していた。
By dissembling his intentions, he lost their trust.
本当の意図を隠すことで、彼は信頼を失った。
She accused him of dissembling.
彼女は彼が本心を隠していると非難した。
dissembling の類義語・関連語
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dissembling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
dissembling は dissemble に由来し、ラテン語 dissimulare「隠す・ごまかす」にさかのぼります。dis-＋simulare「ふりをする」が核で、related simulate, dissimulation。『見せかけで本心を隠す』ことが、そのまま『偽る』です。
Dissembling comes from dissemble, which comes from Latin dissimulare, meaning "to hide" or "to disguise." It is built from dis- and simulare, "to pretend" or "to make as if." The idea moved from hiding something by pretending into the sense of concealing one's real thoughts or feelings. Related words include simulate and dissimulation.
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