antimask

English

Etymology 1

Noun

antimask (plural antimasks)

  1. Obsolete form of antimasque.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From anti- +‎ mask.

Alternative forms

  • anti-mask

Adjective

antimask (not comparable)

  1. Opposing masks.
    • 1976, Alfred W. Crosby, Epidemic and Peace, 1918, page 112:
      Hassler stated that the Board of Health was not going to be influenced by antimask activists. But making a law is one thing, and enforcing it is something else.
    • 1999, Bruce Adelson, Brushing back Jim Crow, page 9:
      Some southern towns and cities made efforts to limit the activities of the Ku Klux Klan with the passage of antimask laws.
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