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Learn to pronounce mas·quer·ade

/ˈmaskəˌrād/
noun
a false show or pretense.
"his masquerade ended when he was arrested"
synonyms: pretense, deception, pose, act, front, facade, disguise, dissimulation, cover-up, bluff, subterfuge, playacting, make-believe, put-on

verb
pretend to be someone one is not.
"a journalist masquerading as a man in distress"
synonyms: pretend to be, pose as, pass oneself off as, impersonate, disguise oneself as, simulate, profess to be, personate

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The meaning of MASQUERADE is a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes. How to use masquerade in a sentence.
a party or dance where people wear masks (= coverings over part or all of the face) or other disguises (= clothes that hide who you are or make you look ...
verb (used without object) · to go about under false pretenses or a false character; assume the character of; give oneself out to be: · to disguise oneself.
To masquerade as someone or something means to pretend to be that person or thing, particularly in order to deceive other people.
MASQUERADE meaning: 1 : a party at which people wear masks and often costumes; 2 : a way of appearing or behaving that is not true or real.
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masquerade ; definition 1: a party or ball at which the guests wear costumes and masks. similar words: · carnival ; definition 2: a false or pretended appearance.
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To masquerade means "to pretend to be someone else." If you masquerade as a sweet, kind-hearted person, you present that image to the world, hiding your true ...
​(formal) a way of behaving that hides the truth or a person's true feelings. He was tired of the masquerade and wanted the truth to come out.
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(obsolete, rare) A Spanish entertainment or military exercise in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes.
To go about as if in disguise; have or put on a deceptive appearance. The stowaway masqueraded as a crew member.