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[ adjective ] having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
Examples "hidden agenda" "masked threat" Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Its folklore and legend , usually disguised as history , are allowed to account_for group_actions , to provide a focal_point for group loyalty , and to become a cohesive force for national identification . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)Professionally a lawyer , that_is_to_say associated with dignity , reserve , discipline , with much that is essentially middle-class , he is compelled by an impossible love to exhibit himself dressed_up , disguised - that_is , paradoxically , revealed - as a child , and , worse , as a whore masquerading as a child . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] deliberately concealed as if with a veil
Examples "disguised threats Related terms |
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