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    hid·den a·gen·da
    /ˈhidn əˈjendə/

    noun

    • 1. a secret or ulterior motive for something: "she feels there's a hidden agenda behind the proposed road"
  2. 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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Motives and reasons. autotelic. causeless. drive. first principles. from a place of idiom. impulse. impulsion. inclination. mainspring.

  3. Apr 29, 2022 · noun. : an ulterior motive. Examples of hidden agenda in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web So that was my hidden agenda, just to help her showcase all these different sides.

  4. countable noun. If you say that someone has a hidden agenda, you are criticizing them because you think they are secretly trying to achieve or cause a particular thing, while they appear to be doing something else. [disapproval] He accused foreign nations of having a hidden agenda to harm French influence.

  5. 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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Motives and reasons.

  6. Hidden agenda definition: an often duplicitously undisclosed plan or motive.. See examples of HIDDEN AGENDA used in a sentence.

  7. Definition of hidden agenda noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hidden agenda the secret purpose behind a plan or activity that you do not tell other people about – used to show disapproval Voters suspected a hidden political agenda.