trumpery
Example Sentences
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Mr. Stephens comments in a way that exalts the passage’s author: “Given this statement, it seems implausible that . . . Marcus bowed to trumpery.”
Back at the studio the anchors vacuously nod at Nandor's escalating trumpery, as they do when The Guide wrests Joanna's microphone away to parley on behalf of all vampires.
From Salon
It means repudiating false equivalences and "both sidesism" that gives equal weight to trumpery and truth.
From Salon
“My play would have drawn twice as much without all the meretricious trumpery they’ve bedizened it with!”
From New York Times
From the start, trumpery was not to be trusted.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
