simulativeadj.
/ˈsɪmjʊlətɪv/ Characterized by simulation or pretence.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > [adjective]
simulative1490
simulatory1618
theatrical1649
theatric1816
simulant1826
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective]
fainta1340
counterfeit1393
pretense1395
feinta1400
feigned1413
disguisyc1430
colourable1433
pretending1434
simulate1435
dissimuled1475
simulative1490
coloureda1500
dissimulate?a1500
simuled1526
colorate1528
dissembled1539
mock1548
devised1552
pretended?1553
artificial1564
supposed1566
counterfeited1569
supposing?1574
affecteda1586
pretensive1607
false1609
supposite1611
simulara1616
simulatory1618
simulated1622
put-ona1625
ironic1631
ironical1646
devisable1659
pretensional1659
pretenced1660
pretensory1663
vizarded1663
shammed?c1677
sham1681
faux1684
fictitious1739
ostensible1762
made-up1773
mala fide1808
assumed1813
semblative1814
fictioned1820
pretextual1837
pseudo1854
fictive1855
schlenter1881
faked1890
phoney1893
phantom1897
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxi. 77 I do not somone hym for taccomplysshe his promyse simulatyue of the mariage of vs two.
1840 G. S. Faber Primitive Doctr. Regeneration 296 If the Adult..returned an insincere and simulative Answer: then..he would fail of being inwardly regenerated.
1851 G. S. Faber Many Mansions 248 The simulative phantom of the particular individuals.
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) 666 The formal dispositions of Roman jurisprudence were frequently simulative.
Derivatives
ˈsimulatively adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > [adverb]
simulatively1816
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adverb]
faintlyc1330
feigninglya1387
supposingly?a1450
feignedly1535
counterfeitly1548
dissimulately1556
pretencedly1567
simulately1592
pretensively1607
pretendedly1611
ironically1612
supposedly1618
feigning1620
pretendingly1645
fictitiously1646
fictly1677
simulatively1816
bogusly1862
1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry III. 396 Truly beginning with Nimrod, though simulatively..with Noah.
1851 G. S. Faber Many Mansions 201 Evil will be mingled with good, the simulatively holy with the truly holy.
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