Definitions for Unmask
ʌnˈmæsk, -ˈmɑskun·mask

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unmask, uncloakverb

   reveal the true nature of

   "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician"

2. unmaskverb

   take the mask off

   "unmask the imposter"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. unmaskverb

   To remove a mask from someone.

2. unmaskverb

   To expose, or reveal the true character of someone.

3. unmaskverb

   To remove one's mask.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Unmaskverb

   1. To strip of a mask.2. To strip of any disguise.

   With full cups they had unmask’d his soul. Wentworth Dillon.

   Though in Greek or Latin they amuse us, yet a translation unmasks them, whereby the cheat is transparent. Joseph Glanvill.

2. To Unmaskverb

   To put off the mask.

   My husband bids me; now I will unmask.
   This is that face was worth the looking on. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unmask

   Unmasking by U.S. intelligence agencies typically occurs after the United States conducts eavesdropping or other intelligence gathering aimed at foreigners or foreign agents, and the name of a U.S. citizen or entity is incidentally collected. Intelligence reports are then disseminated within the U.S. government, with such names masked to protect those U.S. citizens from invasion of privacy. The names can subsequently be unmasked upon request by authorized U.S. government officials under certain circumstances. Unmaskings occur thousands of times each year, totaling 10,012 in 2019.

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1. unmask

   To unmask means to reveal the true nature, identity, or intentions of someone or something; to remove a mask or disguise; to expose something that was previously hidden or concealed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unmaskverb

   to strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose

2. Unmaskverb

   to put off a mask

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unmask

   un-mask′, v.t. to take a mask or any disguise off: to expose.—v.i. to put off a mask.—adj. Unmasked′.

Matched Categories

1. • Uncover

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Unmask in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Unmask in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Unmask in a Sentence

1. Paul Dano:

   I’m just here to unmask the truth about this cesspool we call a city.

2. Carrie Goldberg:

   The operators of Celeb Jihad have attempted to skirt legal liability by masking their identity, one way to find out who runs a website is to look up the ICANN registration, which is public. CelebJihad.com hired a proxy service to register their domain. We often have cases like this and it’s one of my true pleasures in life to unmask the identities of web sites and then sue the crap out of them.

3. Rochelle Walensky:

   Most kids will not be vaccinated or fully vaccinated before the end of this year and we're going to work on updating our school guidance, so much evolved just in This Week, both with our guidance -- with unmask if you're vaccinated -- as well as the eligibility of vaccination for 12 to 15 year olds. So yes, we do have to rapidly update our camp guidance and we're working on that right now.

4. Devin Nunes:

   What I'm assuming is, is that this was picked up as they were tracking someone else, and if that's the case, that would have had to go up to the highest levels of the Obama administration to get approval to unmask who [the non-targeted party was], and in this case, it was General Flynn.

5. Josh King:

   A number of states dealt with this issue before, but Washington hadn’t done it yet, what we see in this case is Washington joining states like California and New Jersey in that someone who wants to unmask an anonymous commenter has to provide the supporting evidence that they have a valid claim.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Unmask
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unmask
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Unmask
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmask
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Unmask
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Unmask
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Unmask