Is it linked to the dissimulation of relations of domination, rather than simply fulfilling a general human need?
The condition of civil peace was the creation of an atmosphere where 'dissimulation and clandestinity ' could flourish (p. 301).
The large-scale introduction of experimental chemotherapy to the treatment of advanced cancers made dissimulation of cancer diagnosis and prognosis difficult.
In many ways both sides were equally guilty of delay, dissimulation, and deception.
Conduct manuals explained at length the degrees of reserve and dissimulation that were appropriate in different circumstances.
Through dissimulation, surprise and lightning speed, the guerrillas succeeded in pulverising them.
Devious as they were, these efforts at dissimulation ultimately counted for nought.
For a millennium, their texts were purposely filled with dissimulation and the interpolation of tangential information.
