antimask
1a variant of anti-mask.
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a less common variant of antimasque.
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or an·ti·mask
Also anti-masking . being or relating to legislation prohibiting any form of concealment of the face in public: Between the 1920s and 1950s, more than a dozen U.S. states passed anti-mask legislation in response to activities of the Ku Klux Klan.
being or relating to a person or group that resists wearing a mask over the nose and mouth to prevent the spread of infection, or that opposes the mandatory wearing of such masks, as during a pandemic: An anti-mask protest outside our local high school triggered a precautionary lockdown at three other schools.You won’t win your staunchly anti-mask friends over by shaming them.
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- an·ti-mask·er, an·ti·mask·er, noun
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How to use antimask in a sentence
antimask, Antimasque, an′ti-mask, n. a ridiculous interlude dividing the parts of the more serious mask.
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