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masking

[ mas-king, mah-sking ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

backing ( def 4 ).
Psychology. obscuring, partially or completely, one sensory process by another, as the dulling of the sense of taste by smoking.

masking

/ ˈmɑːskɪŋ /

the act or practice of masking
psychol the process by which a stimulus (usually visual or auditory) is obscured by the presence of another almost simultaneous stimulus

Origin of masking¹

First recorded in 1920–25; mask + -ing ¹, -ing ²

Sheen plays Bill Masters as a doctor with a God complex, if God had been a sex researcher masking tons of insecurities.

Part of the alias and the disguise is masking racism with the mechanisms of large, diverse institutions.

I know from her students that the masking tape incident involved little more than hilarity.

The scenes of penetration are obscured with masking or blurring.

“I tried to find people that were really enthusiastic about dressing up and masking,” she says.

He paid no attention to the comments, but drove back to the agency, successfully masking the grave concern he felt.

Black masking drapes were provided at both sides of the stage and behind the platform.

Avice might be Passion masking as Indifference, because he was so many years older in outward show.

Bring up my spears in solid column of a thousand men in front, masking the chariots.

No, sir; the policy is to inveigle the people of the North into civil war, by masking the design in smooth and ambiguous terms.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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