false face

noun

1. a mask covering the face.

Word History and Origins

Origin of false face¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

But, Dargis wrote, Pitt’s “soulful, nuanced performance — which becomes incrementally more externalized and visible, as if McBride were shedding a false face — holds the film together even when it starts to fray.”

From New York Times

The false face had been handsome, yes, but consciously so.

From Literature

She added that “Pitt’s soulful, nuanced performance — which becomes incrementally more externalized and visible, as if McBride were shedding a false face — holds the film together even when it starts to fray.”

From New York Times

The Post reports that start-ups are selling images of false faces to companies that want to increase diversity in their ads and even to a dating app that wants the pictures for a chatbot.

From Washington Post

Pitt’s soulful, nuanced performance — which becomes incrementally more externalized and visible, as if McBride were shedding a false face — holds the film together even when it starts to fray.

From New York Times