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Synonyms for guise
Synonyms: Noun
act, airs, charade, disguise, facade (also façade), front, masquerade, playacting, pose, pretense (or pretence), put-on, semblance, show
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my new neighbor began seeking my company under the guise of friendship, but he turned out to be a member of a religious cult bent on conversion she felt as though she should be wearing some sort of Germanic guise, complete with dirndl, for the fall festival featuring traditional German food and drinkRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
What Locke found intolerable was not Catholic theology per se but rather the agents of political subversion operating under the guise of religious obedience. — Joseph Loconte, National Review, "The Need for a Revival of Lockean Liberalism," 11 Sep. 2019 The scams prosecutors alleged in the latest series of arrests included: • Romance: where victims were tricked into sending or laundering money under the guise of helping a paramour with an international business transaction. — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, "Computer-assisted fraud: Hundreds arrested in worldwide crackdown against scam romances, lotteries," 10 Sep. 2019 Nassar was a doctor at MSU, as well as being the team doctor for USA Gymnastics, and abused hundreds of young women under the guise of treatment. — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, "Nassar survivors: MSU president must act after 'complete betrayal' from board members," 9 Sep. 2019 American officials have often accused Iran of conducting the launches, under the guise of its space program, to simulate the technology involved in deploying a conventional or nuclear warhead — an effort American officials have vowed to stop. — David E. Sanger, New York Times, "In a Tweet Taunting Iran, Trump Releases an Image Thought to Be Classified," 30 Aug. 2019 The 55-year-old leader’s decision Wednesday to suspend Parliament as soon as Sept. 9 came in the guise of what would normally be a dull procedural formality. — Christina Boyle, Los Angeles Times, "Suspending Parliament to boost Brexit, Britain’s Boris Johnson sparks outrage," 28 Aug. 2019 Under the virtuous-sounding guise of charity, the rich and powerful can bestow kindness from on high, without feeling implicated in or responsible for the systems that produce poverty and oppression in the first place. — Astra Taylor, The New Republic, "One for All," 26 Aug. 2019 Think of Succession, but in the guise of a chintzy, 90-minute horror movie. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "Ready or Not Puts a Comic Twist on a Deadly Game of Hide-and-Seek," 22 Aug. 2019 In the guise of protecting cattle, lynch mobs are attacking Muslims with impunity. — K.n.c., The Economist, "India cannot flourish without individual freedom," 16 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'guise.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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