dissimulator

dis·sim·u·late

(dĭ-sĭm′yə-lāt′)

v. dis·sim·u·lat·ed, dis·sim·u·lat·ing, dis·sim·u·lates

v.tr.

To conceal (one's intentions, for example) under a feigned appearance. See Synonyms at disguise.

v.intr.

To conceal one's true feelings or intentions.

[Middle English dissimulaten, from Latin dissimulāre, dissimulāt- : dis-, dis- + simulāre, to simulate; see simulate.]

dis·sim′u·la′tion n.

dis·sim′u·la′tive adj.

dis·sim′u·la′tor n.

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Noun

dissimulator - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

dissembler, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender

beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

charmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker - someone with an assured and ingratiating manner

Tartufe, Tartuffe - a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)

whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre - a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous

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Gallus is conspicuus where Domitian was a dissimulator. Statius's image is peculiarly appropriate for Ammianus's purposes here because the Flavian poet attempted to put a positive spin on features of his emperor that later became the hallmarks of his tyrannical reign--Domitian's dissimulation, his aggressive demeanour, and the blush that revealed his inner thoughts.