Definition of Masterminding

1. Verb. (present participle of mastermind) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Masterminding

1. mastermind [v] - See also: mastermind

Lexicographical Neighbors of Masterminding

masterhood
masteries
mastering
masterings
masterless
masterlike
masterliness
masterlinesses
masterly
masterly inactivity
mastermind
masterminded
masterminder
masterminders
mastermindful
masterminding (current term)
masterminds
masterous
masterpiece
masterpieces
masterplan
masterplans
masterpoint
masterpoints
masters-at-arms
masters of ceremonies
mastership
masterships
mastersinger
mastersingers

Literary usage of Masterminding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Teacher and His Staff: Differentiating Teaching Roles: Report of the by Thomas Charles Bridges, H Hessell Tiltman, National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards (U.S.) (1909)
"The teacher of the future will be much more responsible for diagnosing learning problems, developing curricula, creating effective procedures, masterminding ..."

2. Intervention Or Neglect: The United States and Central America Beyond the 1980s by Linda Robinson (1991)
"He took credit for masterminding the November 1980 killing of the FDR leaders. Therefore, many fmd plausible the reports that he formed death squads to ..."

3. The Famine Plot Persuasion in Eighteenth-Century France by Steven L. Kaplan (1982)
"... 1774 another dealer pressed charges against the royal procurator of Pont Sainte-Maxence for masterminding "odious maneuvers" in the grain market. ..."

4. Breaking with Communism: The Intellectual Odyssey of Bertram D. Wolfe by Bertram David Wolfe, Robert Hessen (1990)
"... masterminding industrial sabotage in factories, railways, and coal mines throughout Russia; and plotting to murder Stalin and other Politburo members. ..."

5. Virginia Law Books: Essays and Bibliographies by William Hamilton Bryson (2000)
"... to designing the buildings and masterminding the educational program at the university, Jefferson also drew up the catalogue of books for its library. ..."

6. Operation Just Cause: Planning and Execution of Joint Operations in Panama by Ronald H. Cole (1996)
"... family be given sanctuary and that no US aircraft fly near the Comandancia and give the impression that the United States was masterminding the coup. ..."

7. The "sixth Division": Military-paramilitary Ties and U.S. Policy in Colombia by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Joanne Mariner, Malcolm Smart (2001)
"He was detained at the end of 2000, accused of masterminding a number of massacres in north-east Colombia.2'6 !" Ibid. 214 Among the crimes the Attorney ..."

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