masquerade [mas • quer • ade] (n.) behavior that is intended to prevent the truth about something unpleasant or not wanted from becoming known 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 ℭ𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔤𝔬, ¹⁹⁸⁹ " ℑ'𝔪 𝔡𝔢𝔳𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲, 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔦𝔣 𝔦𝔱 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔰 𝔰𝔞𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔟𝔶 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔢 " 𝔄 𝔐𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔢𝔩 𝔍𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔰𝔬𝔫 𝔏𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔖𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔶 ²⁰²⁴