dissembler
noun
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noun
Etymology: A modification of earlier dissimuler (from Middle English dissimulour) after resemble and semblance; equivalent to dissemble + -er.
- Someone who dissembles.
“[T]he Earl vvas the vvorſe Philoſopher, being a great Reſenter and a vveak Diſſembler of the leaſt diſgrace: […]”
“[Winston] Churchill, in this telling, was not just a racist but a hypocrite, a dissembler, a narcissist, an opportunist, an imperialist, a drunk, a strategic bungler, a tax dodger, a neglectful father, a credit-hogging author, a terrible judge of character and, most of all, a masterful mythmaker.”