a way in which sb/sth appears, often in a way that is different from usual or that hides the truth about them/it:
His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. * The story appears in different guises in different cultures. * She had been invited to the conference in her guise as a professional counsellor.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for guise is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is guise a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, guise is tagged as noun.
Does guise appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — guise appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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