antimask

English

Etymology 1

Noun

antimask (plural antimasks)

1. Obsolete form of antimasque.

Derived terms

• antimasker

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.

Related terms

• antimasker