hidden agenda
noun [C]Definition
› a secret reason for doing something: [+ to infinitive] The prime minister denied that the new visa requirements were part of a hidden agenda to reduce immigration.Motives and reasons
(Definition of hidden agenda noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- cause noun (REASON)
- drive noun (POWER)
- first principles noun
- ground noun (CAUSE)
- impulse noun (REASON)
- in the name of sth idiom
- inclination noun (FEELING)
- justification noun
- mainspring noun
- motivation noun (ENTHUSIASM)
- motivation noun (REASON)
- motive noun
- object noun (CAUSE)
- peg noun (HOOK)
- rationale noun
- reason noun (EXPLANATION)
- should modal verb (REASON)
- wherefores noun
- why noun
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