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crypto-

The definition of crypto is hidden or in secret.

(prefix)

An example of crypto is cryptography which is the art of figuring out or creating codes.

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See crypto- in Webster's New World College Dictionary

secret or hidden: cryptogram
being such secretly and not by public avowal: a crypto-Fascist

Origin: < Gr kryptos: see crypt

See crypto- in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cryp·to

noun pl. cryp·tos

One who covertly supports a certain doctrine, group, or party.

adjective

Secret; covert.
Of, relating to, or employing cryptography.

Origin: From crypto-.

crypto- or crypt-

prefix

Hidden; secret: cryptoclastic.

Origin: From Greek kruptos, hidden, from kruptein, to hide.

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