masking
Definitions
The act of concealing, covering, or disguising something to hide its true appearance or identity.
A psychological strategy in which an individual suppresses their natural personality or traits to conform to social pressures.
In audio or signal processing, the phenomenon where one sound or signal obscures the perception of another.
Examples
The actor was skilled at masking his true emotions during the intense scene.
She spent the afternoon masking the window frames with tape before painting the walls.
The loud music was effective at masking the noise coming from the construction site next door.
Synonyms
concealing hiding veiling camouflaging disguising screening shrouding
Antonyms
revealing exposing unmasking displaying showing unveiling disclosing