Text: 1 a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive<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>— see masquerade 2 clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation<felt as though she should be wearing some sort of Germanic guise, complete with dirndl, for the fall festival featuring traditional German food and drink>— see outfit 1 3 clothing put on to hide oneʼs true identity or imitate someone or something else<snuck into the castle to rescue Ivanhoe in the guise of a priest coming to give Ivanhoe his last rites>— see disguise 4 outward and often deceptive indication<hazing rituals may have the guise of harmless fun, but often the reality is serious physical abuse>— see appearance 2

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