MASKING Definition & Meaning

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masking

[ mas-king, mah-sking ]

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noun

backing ( def 4 ).
Psychology. obscuring, partially or completely, one sensory process by another, as the dulling of the sense of taste by smoking.

masking

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noun

the act or practice of masking
psychol the process by which a stimulus (usually visual or auditory) is obscured by the presence of another almost simultaneous stimulus

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of masking¹

First recorded in 1920–25; mask + -ing ¹, -ing ²

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At the age of 35, Rylance has become adept at masking his anxiety.

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The Trump administration has even floated the idea of changing GDP calculations, potentially masking any reality of economic decline.

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The National Autistic Society defines masking as a strategy used to "consciously or unconsciously appear non-autistic", in an attempt to 'fit in' in a neurotypical society.

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While we often heard about people’s vaccine fatigue or pandemic fatigue or masking fatigue, rarely did the media cover a far more entrenched structural issue: labor rights fatigue.

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They brought duct and masking tape and filled cardboard boxes with the rest of Merritt’s belongings.

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