Etymology

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Today it means: A screen or pretext for doing something, especially for waging war. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πρόσχημα
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromπρόσχημα
  2. English todayproschema

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρόσχημα (próskhēma).

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