mascarade

Definitions of mascarade
  1. noun
    a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
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    types:
    bal masqué
    a ball at which guests wear costumes and masks
    type of:
    boum, fête
    a group of people gathered together for pleasure
  2. noun
    something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
    synonyms: comédie, faux
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    type of:
    contrefaçon, falsification, imitation
    something copied or derived from an original
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