If one was to be rude about it, calculated dissimulation would be far more appropriate.
www.scoop.co.nz In this poisonous environment where no one dares confide in a parent or speak openly, dissimulation is everything.
ottawacitizen.com The very words that import lying, falsehood, treason, dissimulation, covetousnes, envie, detraction, and pardon, were never heard of amongst them.
en.wikipedia.org The very words that signify lying, treachery, dissimulation, avarice, envy, detraction, pardon, are never there heard of...
theconversation.com How does she do it, how is she able to flit above the incompetence and dissimulation and money-grubbing, from one benefit and tribute and resume-enhancing post to the next?
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