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- verb Present participle of
unmask . - noun The act by which somebody or something is unmasked.
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- noun the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
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Examples
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The Avengers unmasking is even more ridiculous when you think about who he unmasked in front of.
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Now, thanks to the culture wars and the Internet, the game of ideological unmasking is one that more and more people are playing.
September 2005 2005
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The Russian nihilist Netchajeff made the idea of unmasking these timid revolutionary-minded persons the basis of a scheme of revolutionary agitation.
Political Parties; a Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy 1916
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There is one issue with password unmasking that I did not see raised when I briefly scanned the comments.
Schneier on Security 2009
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What the police call the unmasking of the truth, Sanjarpur calls the making of a conspiracy.
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He says that the Defendant is fully aware of the Claimant's wish and that, in the circumstances, there is no justification for "unmasking" him, as he is entitled to keep his identity as the author of the blog private and confidential.
Archive 2009-06-01 Jack of Kent 2009
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If I read this right, it means that reducing both sulfates and BC together for air pollution purposes will not result in much "unmasking" of warming, which would be somewhat reassuring.
Rabett Run EliRabett 2009
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He says that the Defendant is fully aware of the Claimant's wish and that, in the circumstances, there is no justification for "unmasking" him, as he is entitled to keep his identity as the author of the blog private and confidential.
Night Jack And Privacy: A Case Analysis Jack of Kent 2009
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Sounds like Alex is obfuscating, not "unmasking". by Harold Smith on Monday, Jan 28, 2008 at 4: 48: 59 PM
America's most important, still unanswereed question: Who is the noecon cabal answering to? 2008
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But what is the relationship between these sorts of "unmasking" projects and projects that count as part of "mainstream" philosophy, or more specifically, "mainstream" metaphysics?
Feminist Metaphysics Haslanger, Sally 2007
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