What does unmask mean?

Definitions for unmask
ʌnˈmæsk, -ˈmɑskun·mask

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word unmask.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unmask, uncloakverb

    reveal the true nature of

    "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician"

  2. unmaskverb

    take the mask off

    "unmask the imposter"

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  1. To Unmaskverb

    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.

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  1. Unmaskverb

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

  2. Unmaskverb

    to put off a mask

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  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′.

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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. 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.

  2. Maud Maron:

    No parent should have to fight this hard to get normalcy for their children, i think Mayor Adams is trying to do the right thing on a lot of fronts, and we are here to say to him, the right thing is to unmask our toddlers because the science supports it.

  3. Paul Dano:

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

  4. 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.

  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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