make-up , makeup
1 n-uncount Make-up consists of things such as lipstick, eye shadow, and powder which some women put on their faces to make themselves look more attractive or which actors use to change or improve their appearance.
Normally she wore little make-up...
2 n-uncount Someone's make-up is their nature and the various qualities in their character.
with supp, usu poss N
(=personality)
There was some fatal flaw in his makeup, and as time went on he lapsed into long silences or became off-hand.
3 n-uncount The make-up of something consists of its different parts and the way these parts are arranged.
with supp
The ideological make-up of the unions is now radically different from what it had been.