Trumpery

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  • noun. Showy but worthless finery; bric-a-brac.
  • noun. Nonsense; rubbish.
  • noun. Deception; trickery; fraud.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Deceit; fraud.
  • noun. A showy thing of no intrinsic value; something intended to deceive by false show; worthless finery.
  • noun. Useless stuff; rubbish; trash.
  • noun. Nonsense; false or idle talk; foolishness.
  • Showy, but useless or unsubstantial; hence, trifling; worthless: as, trumpery ornaments.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Worthless or deceptive in character.
  • noun. Deceit; fraud.
  • noun. Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk
  • noun. nonsense
  • adjective. gaudy but of no value
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. ornamental objects of no great value
  • noun. nonsensical talk or writing
    • Word Usage
    ""What trumpery is this?" he inquired, superciliously, noticing it almost immediately, and grasping the significance of it as promptly."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    decoration  drivel  garbage  ornament  ornamentation  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bauble  finery  paltry  tinsel  toggery  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    absurdity  amphigory  babble  babblement  balderdash  
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