masking

For kids who cope by masking, constantly deciphering and mimicking social responses is often cognitively and emotionally exhausting.

The diagnostic definition of autism has evolved over the years and now includes children who cope by “masking”: consciously or unconsciously suppressing autistic traits in order to fit in at school or in social environments.

The Cooleys gradually weaned Tyrell off his medications, feeling that the pills were fueling some of the wild behavior and masking problems that were better dealt with in talk therapy.

The fog masking the direction of the American economy and future of the artificial-intelligence boom is starting to lift.

A smooth stock market on the surface is masking nerves and turbulence.