guise
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7.5
- noun
- /ɡaɪz/
- The charity event was held under the guise of a friendly gathering to raise money for the homeless.
- different guises
- in the guise of
- assume the guise of
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Watch on YouTubeI don't know if it's under the guise of fighting evil.
- I don't know if it's under the guise of fighting evil.
- Now some of this will be in the guise of the smear campaign.
- But wait a second, she talks about the guise of elitism.
- And they're willing to then combine forces under the guise of social justice liberation.
- Is rent control really just a political guise of affordable housing?
- And then there's the dream that prose should wear a poem's guise at last.
- But to repeat it is to live under the guise that it was always love.
- Cruelty is her brand and she does it under the guise of Christianity with impunity.
- And if you could sell it to an audience under the guise of productivity, Apple wins.
- They're illegitimate and they're clearly politics in the guise of law.
- We can find the matter at hand in the guise of any of these.
- And yet he still talks about altering children's bodies under the guise of transgenderism.
- They lured her from school to have sex with Epstein under the guise of hiring her for a job answering phones.
- So Stoic philosophy continued under that guise.
- The desire to grab that which we think we're owed and to do it often in the guise of justice.
- And in in Singapore, speech has always been very highly regulated, you know, under the guise of preserving social and racial harmony.
Examples
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To avoid detection, the two men travel in the guise of yeomen.
Academic text (2017) -
All under the guise of protecting democracy.
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It's often women who appear in this guise, but it's not always women.
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Is rent control really just a political guise of affordable housing?
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One author has written this book under the guise of six different characters.
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We may also carry many prejudices with us under the guise of scientific understanding.
Academic text (1992) -
Yet again he comes to tempt us in the guise of an innocent.
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Coming here under the guise of counselor was, in some ways, a subterfuge.
Fiction book (1991) -
Reactions are limited to immediate effects that take the guise of aesthetics and morality.
Academic text (1993) -
Tourists and businessmen no longer must travel to the mainland under the guise of visiting relatives.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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5.1
A way of showing yourself that hides problems to make others think well of you
76
6.1
A false claim or action to hide the truth
76
7.4
A false show that hides what is really happening
53
5.9
A way of acting that hides how a person really feels
39
7.2
A false appearance that hides true problems
39
6.7
A false reason people give to hide what they really want
36
3.9
An outward appearance that hides someone's real identity or intentions
34
6.7
An appearance that hides true feelings or intentions
34
5.8
A thing that hides the true nature of something
13
4.6
A way of hiding something so it is not easily seen
9
6.8
A false appearance that hides someone's true feelings or plans
4
7.0
An attractive appearance that hides something unpleasant
4
7.5
A false act or story that tries to trick people, often to make them laugh
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4.3
A trick that makes something look like real magic
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9.9
A false front that hides real problems
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Guise comes from an old French word guise meaning 'manner' or 'way', and is related to the wise in 'otherwise' which also meant 'way'. So a guise is a 'way' of looking or acting, often a false one people use to hide the truth.