hidden agenda

hidden agenda
agenda agenda ([.a]*j[e^]n"d[.a]), n. a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.

Syn: docket, schedule [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

2. A list of matters to be discussed (as at a meeting).

Syn: agendum, docket, order of business [WordNet 1.5]

3. A motive or set of goals; as, to have one's own agenda; especially, a secret motive; also called {hidden agenda}; as, some of the news commentators themselves have an agenda.

Syn: goal, hidden motive, secret motive, hidden agenda. [PJC] ||


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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