hidden agenda

noun

1. an often duplicitously undisclosed plan or motive.

hidden agenda

noun

1. a hidden motive or intention behind an overt action, policy, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of hidden agenda¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

“No hidden agenda or other reason,” he said of the timing.

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During a two-week trial, the prosecution said that Ruane believed conspiracy theories about a "hidden agenda" in the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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She said "whatever their hidden agenda is - to divide the people up - has backfired".

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“So we don’t really have any hidden agenda. Overtaking the United States is not our goal,” he said.

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“It is a rejection of the belief that there is some sort of hidden agenda of indoctrination. None of that is happening.”

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