Antimasker

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is opposed to the practice or mandate of wearing masks. neologism

    "On one side of the argument was a woman named Claire Newbourne, an anti-masker, a member of a group opposed to the government regulations on Marburg."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of antimasquer. alt-of, alternative

    "The antimaskers are not at all concerned in the action; they are led into fill up the intervals with a grotesque kind of merriment, or, their grotesque dances, and then sink into nothing."

Example

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"On one side of the argument was a woman named Claire Newbourne, an anti-masker, a member of a group opposed to the government regulations on Marburg."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From anti- + mask + -er. Likely influenced by anti-vaxxer.

Etymology 2

From antimask + -er.

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