antimasking

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adjective

Preventing or counteracting masking.

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Meanings

adjectiveantimasking (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePreventing or counteracting masking.

    The middle ear muscles, when contracted, serve an antimasking function by dampening the background noises and improving the ability of mammals to detect conspecific vocalizations.

    2010, The Handbook of Life-Span Development, Social and Emotional Development

Origin

From anti- + masking.

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APA

antimasking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimasking

MLA

“antimasking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimasking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antimasking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimasking.

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