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UNMASKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unmasking mean?
• UNMASKING (noun)
The noun UNMASKING has 1 sense:
1. the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
Familiarity information: UNMASKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The exposure of an impostor or a fraud
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
expose; unmasking
Context example:
he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government
Hypernyms ("unmasking" is a kind of...):
exposure (the disclosure of something secret)
Derivation:
unmask (reveal the true nature of)
unmask (take the mask off)
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