单词 | unmasking |
释义 | unˈmasking, vbl. n. [f. as prec.] The action of divesting of a mask. Chiefly fig.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. xxiii, Her unmasking of Cecropias fruitlesse sophistrie. 1602J. H[all] (title), The Un⁓masking of the Politique Atheist. 1641Milton Reform. i. 8 The unmasking of Hypocrites. 1741Richardson Pamela IV. 233 Because of her Freedoms when mask'd; her Un⁓masking, and her Handkerchief. 1861Trench Comm. Ep. Churches Asia 87 An unmasking of them that said they were Apostles and were not. 1895Athenæum 17 Aug. 218/3 Mr. Meredith's pitiless unmaskings of folly. |

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